La Brède
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux | |
| Canton | La Brède (main town) | |
| Community association | Montesquieu | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 41 ′ N , 0 ° 32 ′ W | |
| height | 9-61 m | |
| surface | 23.28 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,280 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 184 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33650 | |
| INSEE code | 33213 | |
La Brède ( okzitan. : La Breda ) is a French commune in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality is located about 18 kilometers south of Bordeaux and thus in the closer catchment area of the city. While La Brède still had 1297 inhabitants in 1962, it currently has 4,280 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
The municipality is the main town (chief lieu) of the canton of La Brède in the Arrondissement of Bordeaux .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1297 | 1448 | 1769 | 2281 | 2846 | 3128 | 3722 | 4192 |
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Viticulture
La Brède is a wine-growing town in the Graves wine-growing region .
Attractions
The La Brède castle , the birthplace of Montesquieu , located in the municipality is worth seeing .
See also: List of the Monuments historiques in La Brède
Personalities
- Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu , French poet and state theorist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 424-426.
Web links
Commons : La Brède - Collection of images, videos and audio files
