Laruscade
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Blaye | |
| Canton | Le North Gironde | |
| Community association | Latitude North Gironde | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 7 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ W | |
| height | 18-106 m | |
| surface | 46.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,765 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 59 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33620 | |
| INSEE code | 33233 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-laruscade.fr/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Laruscade |
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Laruscade is a French commune with 2,765 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Blaye and is part of the canton of Le Nord-Gironde (until 2015: canton of Saint-Savin ).
geography
Laruscade is located about 35 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux . The Saye River flows on the southwest edge of the municipality . Laruscade is surrounded by the neighboring communities Bussac-Forêt in the north and northwest, Bedenac in the north and northeast, Lapouyade in the east, Tizac-de-Lapouyade in the southeast, Marcenais in the south, Marsas in the southwest, Cavignac in the west and southwest, Saint-Mariens in the West and Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac to the west.
The National Route 10 runs through the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 1373 | 1340 | 1332 | 1475 | 1679 | 1693 | 2047 | 2765 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Neo-Romanesque church of Saint-Exupère (see also: List of Monuments historiques in Laruscade )
- Oratorio
- Market hall
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 1378.
Personalities
- Roland Charles Wagner (1960–2012), writer (science fiction) and translator, died in Laruscade
