Fronsac (Gironde)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Libourne | |
| Canton | Le Libournais-Fronsadais | |
| Community association | Fronsadais | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 55 ′ N , 0 ° 16 ′ W | |
| height | 1-84 m | |
| surface | 15.29 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,153 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 75 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33126 | |
| INSEE code | 33174 | |
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Fronsac is a French commune in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Fronsac has 1153 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017); this is a number that has been stable for over 40 years. The municipality belongs to the canton of Le Libournais-Fronsadais in the Arrondissement of Libourne .
geography
The municipality is located in the narrower catchment area of the city of Libourne , the center of which is about four kilometers to the east. In the south the Dordogne is the municipal boundary, in the east the Isle , which separates the place from Libourne. Bordeaux is about 35 km southwest.
The A89 autoroute runs through the eastern municipality, heading west to Bordeaux and east to Lyon.
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1,230 | 1,155 | 1,129 | 1,170 | 1,067 | 1,042 | 1,049 | 1,153 |
economy
Fronsac is a wine-growing , wine-growing regions of the Fronsac and Canon-Fronsac in the wine region of Bordeaux gives its name.
Attractions
The Saint-Martin church of Fronsac is a listed monument historique .
Community partnerships
The Italian municipality of Pasiano di Pordenone in Veneto has been Fronsac's partner municipality since 1999 .
Personalities
René Princeteau , animal painter and sculptor and one of Toulouse-Lautrec's first teachers , was born in neighboring Libourne in 1843 and died in Fronsac in 1914.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 704-707.
