Le Verdon-sur-Mer
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Lesparre-Médoc | |
| Canton | Le Nord-Médoc | |
| Community association | Médoc Atlantique | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 33 ′ N , 1 ° 4 ′ W | |
| height | 0-36 m | |
| surface | 17.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,335 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 78 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33123 | |
| INSEE code | 33544 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-verdon.org/ | |
 Container ships in Le Verdon |
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Le Verdon-sur-Mer is a French town with 1,335 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc .
geography
Le Verdon-sur-Mer is located on the northern tip of the Médoc peninsula between the Atlantic and the Gironde estuary . This makes it the northernmost commune in the Gironde department.
history
In the eleventh century there was a priory in what would later become Le Verdon, which was part of the Cluny monastery .
Until 1874, Le Verdon belonged to the municipality of Soulac , a few kilometers south-west ; since 1911 it has been officially called Le Verdon-sur-Mer .
During the Second World War, there was a German fortification in Le Verdon that was supposed to secure the Gironde .
In 2009 a new, officially unnamed island was built off the coast , which by 2010 had grown to 44,000 m².
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1554 | 1630 | 1648 | 1616 | 1344 | 1274 | 1377 | 1343 |
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traffic
From Pointe de Grave there is a ferry connection to Royan (crossing in approx. 20 minutes). Bordeaux is just under 100 kilometers away by road.
A tram-train service is to be introduced on the Ligne du Médoc SNCF route to Bordeaux- St-Jean, which runs from Bordeaux to Le Verdon-sur-Mer, and the Bordeaux tram network is to be expanded. Line C is to branch off from Ravezies station in Bordeaux and lead via Bruges on a 7.2 kilometer route to Blanquefort station . This would enable a direct connection without changing trains from the city center in Bordeaux.
Attractions
- Cordouan lighthouse
- Lighthouse museum in the Phare de Grave lighthouse
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1434-1439.
