Lamarque (Gironde)

Lamarque La Marca
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Le Sud-Médoc
Community association	Médoc Estuaire
Coordinates	45 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W
height	0-19 m
surface	8.91 km 2
Residents	1,308 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	147 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	33460
INSEE code	33220
Website	www.lamarque-gironde.fr
Town Hall ( Mairie ) of Lamarque

Lamarque ( Occitan La Marca ) is a French commune in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ) with 1,308 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc and the canton of Le Sud-Médoc (until 2015: canton of Castelnau-de-Médoc ).

geography

Lamarque is located about 30 kilometers north-northwest of Bordeaux on the Gironde estuary . Lamarque is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cussac-Fort-Médoc in the north, Plassac in the east on the opposite side of the estuary, Arcins in the south, Moulis-en-Médoc in the southwest and Listrac-Médoc in the west.

The municipality belongs to the Haut-Médoc wine-growing region .

population

Number of inhabitants

year	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	614	636	742	771	810	893	954	1,074	1,253

Attractions

• Saint-Seurin church from the 19th century (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Lamarque (Gironde) )
• Lamarque Castle, originally as a castle in the 11th / 12th centuries. Built in the 17th century, rebuilt in the 17th century
• Lamarque river port, laid out in 1934

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  Saint-Seurin church

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  Lamarque Castle

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 547-549.

Web links

Commons : Lamarque  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lamarque population development on the INSEE site , accessed on August 20, 2016.