Hostens
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Hostens East |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Langon | |
| Canton | Les Landes des Graves | |
| Community association | South Gironde | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 30 ′ N , 0 ° 38 ′ W | |
| height | 49-100 m | |
| surface | 57.64 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,329 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 23 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33125 | |
| INSEE code | 33202 | |
| Website | http://www.hostens.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Hostens |
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Hostens ( Occitan East ) is a French municipality with 1,329 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Langon and Les Landes des Graves (until 2015 Saint-Symphorien ). The inhabitants are called hostensois .
geography
Hostens is about 45 kilometers south of Bordeaux . Hostens is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Magne in the north, Louchats in the east and northeast, Le Tuzan in the southeast, Mano in the south and Belin-Béliet in the west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 1,190 | 727 | 692 | 714 | 721 | 740 | 1,127 | 1,360 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre Church, built between 1850 and 1863
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1393-1396.
Web links
Commons : Hostens - collection of images, videos and audio files
