Bourg (Gironde)

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Bourg
Borg
Coat of arms of Bourg
Bourg (France)
Bourg
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Blaye
Canton L'Estuaire
Community association Grand Cubzaguais
Coordinates 45 ° 2 ′  N , 0 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 2 ′  N , 0 ° 33 ′  W
height 1-81 m
surface 10.54 km 2
Residents 2,243 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 213 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33710
INSEE code 33067
Website http://www.bourg-gironde.net/

The Jurade , former town hall (Mairie), today tourist office

Bourg (also: Bourg-sur-Gironde ; Occitan : Borg ) is a town in southwestern France and a municipality with 2,243 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the north of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Blaye and the canton L'Estuaire (until 2015: canton Bourg ). The inhabitants are called Bourquais .

location

Bourg is located about 22 kilometers north of Bordeaux in the historic province of Angoumois in the cultural landscape of the Charente on the estuary of the Gironde and the arm of the Dordogne , into which the Moron flows here. Bourg is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Samonac in the north and northwest, Lansac in the north, Tauriac in the east and northeast, Prignac-et-Marcamps in the east and southeast, Ambès in the south and Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg in the west.

The former route nationale 669 (today's D669) runs through the municipality .

Neo-Gothic church from 1856 Église St Géronce de Bourg on Place du District in Bourg on the Dordogne

history

In addition to archaeological sites that prove Gallo-Roman settlement, the city played a special role in the Anglo-French disputes in the 13th and 14th centuries. It was initially part of English-dominated Aquitaine, but the French occupied the city in 1224. As early as 1225 the English managed to relieve the city. In 1294, French troops conquered Gascony again. Bourg could initially be held by the English and then remained contested.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 2518 2560 2318 2107 2158 2115 2198 2243
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Ruins and crypt of the church of Labarde, Monument historique
  • Old town hall, also called Juraude house , from the 18th century, today's tourist office
  • Houses from the 18th century in the town center
  • Old stone gate to the river port with remains of the old fortification (citadel)
  • Neo-Gothic church of Église St Géronce de Bourg (1856)
  • Wash house , built in 1868

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Bourg (Gironde)

  • Labarde Church ruins

  • Stone gate to the harbor

  • View of the former citadel

  • Wash house

Parish partnership

There is a partnership with the French municipality of Salers in the Cantal (Auvergne) department.

Personalities

  • Roger Mortimer of Chirk (1256-1326), conqueror Bourgs and Blayes 1294, hereinafter governor
  • Jean de Labadie (1610–1674), first Jesuit, then conversion to Protestantism, founder of the Labadists
  • Léo Lagrange (1900–1940), politician (SFIO), Undersecretary of State for Sport
  • Pierre Bazzo (* 1954), racing cyclist

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 340-350.

Web links

Commons : Bourg  - collection of images, videos and audio files