Lugos (Gironde)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Arcachon | |
| Canton | Les Landes des Graves | |
| Community association | Val de l'Eyre | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 29 ′ N , 0 ° 53 ′ W | |
| height | 11-49 m | |
| surface | 62.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 927 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 15 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33830 | |
| INSEE code | 33260 | |
 Saint-Michel chapel in Vieux-Lugos |
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Lugo is a French municipality with 927 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Landes de Gascogne Regional Nature Park and is part of the Communauté de communes du Val de l'Eyre .
history
In 1849 the whole municipality of Lugos moved to another place and the old village of Vieux Lugos was abandoned.
The hamlet of La Gare de Lugos , which is located about six kilometers southwest of the center of Lugos, belongs to the municipality of Lugos . Gare de Lugos takes its name from the railway line that runs through the village. Until the 1970s there was a train station in Gare de Lugos.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Residents | 425 | 390 | 391 | 415 | 476 | 558 | 858 | 907 |
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Attractions
The church of Vieux Lugos dates from the 11th century. It is adorned with murals from the 15th century and was classified as a Monument historique in 1957 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 154-156.
Web links
- Wall paintings in the Vieux Lugos church in the Base Mémoire (French)
- Lugos on cartesfrance.fr in French
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le territoire on valdeleyre.fr in French.
- ↑ Lugos on valdeleyre.fr (French).
- ↑ Eglise Saint-Michel du Vieux Lugo on tourisme-aquitaine.fr ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in French.
- ↑ Lugos in Base Mérimée (French) Retrieved December 26, 2009.
