Castelmoron-d'Albret
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Langon | |
| Canton | Le Réolais and Les Bastides | |
| Community association | Rurales de l'Entre-Deux-Mers | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 1 ′ W | |
| height | 37-61 m | |
| surface | 0.04 km 2 | |
| Residents | 53 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,325 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33540 | |
| INSEE code | 33103 | |
 Town Hall ( Mairie ) |
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Castel-d'Albret is a French municipality with 53 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Langon and the canton of Le Réolais et Les Bastides .
With an area of 3.76 hectares (roughly the size of Place Charles de Gaulle in Paris), Castelmoron is the smallest municipality in France.
history
Castelmoron-d'Albret was a vice-county in the possession of the House of Albret and part of the Duchy of Albret.
During the French Revolution , the parish of Sainte-Catherine de Castelmoron became the municipality of Castelmoron.
At the time of the National Convention (1792–1795) the community carried the provisional revolutionary name Castel-Marat .
In 1957 it was given the addition of Albret to distinguish it from the municipality of Castelmoron-sur-Lot in the neighboring Lot-et-Garonne department .
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1962 | 50 |
| 1968 | 82 |
| 1975 | 79 |
| 1982 | 62 |
| 1990 | 64 |
| 1999 | 62 |
| 2017 | 53 |
Attractions
- Fortified village on a ledge, remains of the city walls
- Ducal palace, today Mairie
- Ste-Catharine-Notre-Dame church from the 19th century (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Castelmoron-d'Albret )
- 19th century wash house
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pages 975-979.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historique des communes (PDF; 108 kB), p. 13, GAEL (Gironde Archives en ligne), Archives départementales de la Gironde, accessed on June 7, 2013.
- ↑ a b The community at Cassini ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
