Lesparre-Médoc
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Lesparre-Médoc | |
| Canton | Le Nord-Médoc (main town) | |
| Community association | Médoc Coeur de Presqu'île | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 18 ′ N , 0 ° 56 ′ W | |
| height | 7-34 m | |
| surface | 36.97 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,801 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 157 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33340 | |
| INSEE code | 33240 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-lesparre.fr/ | |
 Saint-Trélody church |
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Lesparre-Medoc is a French town with 5801 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The city is the seat of the sub-prefecture ( French Sous-préfecture ) of the Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc and the capital of the canton of Le Nord-Médoc .
geography
Lesparre-Médoc is located in the center of the Médoc peninsula , which is formed by the Atlantic and Gironde , the mouth of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers .
population
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| year | 1793 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2017 |
| Residents | 818 | 1677 | 3959 | 3378 | 3443 | 3563 | 3814 | 4217 | 4661 | 4855 | 5801 |
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments Historiques in Lesparre-Médoc
Community partnerships
Lesparre-Médoc is twinned with Olhão in the Portuguese Algarve and Drayton in the English county of Oxfordshire .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 861-864.
Web links
Commons : Lesparre-Médoc - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Lesparre-Médoc (French)