Baron (Gironde)

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baron
Baron's coat of arms
Baron (France)
baron
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Libourne
Canton Les Coteaux de Dordogne
Community association Creonnais
Coordinates 44 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 49 ′  N , 0 ° 19 ′  W
height 29-108 m
surface 10.34 km 2
Residents 1,153 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 112 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33750
INSEE code
Website http://baron33.blogspot.fr/

Town Hall (Mairie) of Baron

Baron is a French village with 1,153 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Libourne and the canton Les Coteaux de Dordogne (until 2015: Canton Branne ). The inhabitants are called baronnais .

geography

Baron is located about 21 kilometers east-southeast of Bordeaux and about eleven kilometers south-southwest of Libourne on the Dordogne . Baron is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Germain-du-Puch in the north, Nérigean in the northeast, Saint-Quentin-de-Baron in the east, Camiac-et-Saint-Denis in the southeast, Cursan in the south and southwest and Croignon in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 491 503 527 668 749 866 937 1153
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Christophe church from the 11th / 12th centuries Century, since 1908 Monument historique
Saint-Christoph church

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 385-386.

Web links

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