Aubie-et-Espessas
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| local community | Val de Virvée | |
| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Blaye | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 24 ′ W | |
| Post Code | 33240 | |
| Former INSEE code | 33018 | |
| Incorporation | 2016 | |
| status | Commune déléguée | |
| Website | http://www.aubie-espessas.fr/ | |
 former town hall of Aubie-et-Espessas (today town hall of Val-de-Virvée) |
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Aubie-et-Espessas ( Gascon : Aubia e Espessas ) is a former French commune with 1,352 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . As a municipality, it belonged to the Arrondissement of Blaye and the canton of Le Nord-Gironde (until 2015: canton of Saint-André-de-Cubzac ). The inhabitants are called Albins .
With effect from January 1, 2016, the former municipalities of Aubie-et-Espessas , Saint-Antoine and Salignac were merged into a Commune nouvelle under the name Val de Virvée .
geography
Aubie-et-Espessas is located about 24 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 555 | 602 | 675 | 901 | 940 | 950 | 1,033 | 1,246 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church in Espessas from the 12th century, a historic monument since 1925
- Saint-Martin church in Aubie from 1272
- Buffaud Castle
Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church
Saint Martin Church
Buffaud Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, 2 volumes, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1241–1242.
Web links
Commons : Aubie-et-Espessas - collection of images, videos and audio files
