Gensac (Gironde)
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Gensac Gençac |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Libourne | |
| Canton | Les Coteaux de Dordogne | |
| Community association | Castillon-Pujols | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 48 ′ N , 0 ° 4 ′ W | |
| height | 15-115 m | |
| surface | 9.38 km 2 | |
| Residents | 771 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 82 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33890 | |
| INSEE code | 33186 | |
| Website | http://gensac.free.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Gensac |
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Gensac ( Occitan : Gençac ) is a southwestern French community with 771 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Libourne and the canton of Les Coteaux de Dordogne (until 2015: canton of Pujols ). The inhabitants are called Gensacais .
location
Gensac is located about 51 kilometers east of Bordeaux and about 27 kilometers east-southeast of Libourne in the Dordogne valley . Gensac is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pessac-sur-Dordogne in the north, Saint-Quentin-de-Caplong in the east, Massugas in the south, Coubeyrac in the south-west, Sainte-Radegonde in the west and Juillac in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 883 | 842 | 848 | 810 | 752 | 800 | 847 | 830 |
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Attractions
- Notre-Dame Catholic Church, built between 1867 and 1878
- 19th century Protestant church
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- Clock tower
Notre-Dame church
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Clock tower
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1164–1167.
Web links
Commons : Gensac - collection of images, videos and audio files
