Braud-et-Saint-Louis

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Braud-et-Saint-Louis
Braud-et-Saint-Louis coat of arms
Braud-et-Saint-Louis (France)
Braud-et-Saint-Louis
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Blaye
Canton L'Estuaire
Community association Estuaire - Canton de Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde
Coordinates 45 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 15 ′  N , 0 ° 37 ′  W
height 0-29 m
surface 49.24 km 2
Residents 1,605 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 33 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33820
INSEE code
Website http://www.mairie-braud.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Braud-et-Saint-Louis

Braud-et-Saint-Louis is a municipality with 1605 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the French department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Blaye and the canton of L'Estuaire (until 2015: canton of Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde ). The inhabitants are called Braudiers .

geography

Braud-et-Saint-Louis, at the mouth of the river Livenne in the estuary of the Gironde about 45 kilometers north of Bordeaux . Braud-et-Saint-Louis is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde in the north, Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye in the east, Étauliers in the south-east, Anglade in the south, Saint-Androny in the south and south-west and - on the other side of the Gironde - Saint-Estèphe to the west.

The Blayais nuclear power plant is located in the municipality .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
1030 1041 991 1753 1260 1305 1346 1605
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Saturnin Church
Saint-Saturnin Church

Parish partnership

There is a partnership with the Spanish municipality of Obanos in the province and region of Navarra.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1257-1259.

Web links

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