Bonzac
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Libourne | |
| Canton | Le North Libournais | |
| Community association | Libournais | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 0 ′ N , 0 ° 13 ′ W | |
| height | 1-74 m | |
| surface | 7.49 km 2 | |
| Residents | 747 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 100 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33910 | |
| INSEE code | 33062 | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) and Church of Bonzac |
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Bonzac is a southwestern French community with 747 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Libourne and the canton of Le Nord-Libournais (until 2015: canton of Guîtres ). The inhabitants are called Bonzacais .
location
Bonzac is located about 34 kilometers northeast of Bordeaux . The river Isle forms the eastern and southern municipal boundaries. Bonzac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Martin-de-Laye in the north, Sablons in the east and north-east, Saint-Denis-de-Pile in the south and east, Savignac-de-l'Isle in the south-west and Saint-Martin-du- Bois to the west and northwest.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 332 | 303 | 349 | 515 | 618 | 623 | 661 | 747 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Genès church
- Town hall from the 19th century with the former tower of a windmill
- Richon Castle from the 15th century
- L'Arc castle from the 18th century
- 19th century Lagrave Castle
- La Madeleine Castle from the 19th century
- Trincaud Castle
- Montfavrier Castle from the 17th century
- Chevalier Castle from the 19th century
Personalities
- Élie Decazes (1780–1860), statesman, buried in Bonzac
- Jacques B. Hess (1926–2011), musicologist
Trivia
In and around Trincaud Castle, recordings were made for the film Thérèse .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 762-765.
