Marmande

Marmande ; Marmanda
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Lot-et-Garonne
Arrondissement	Marmande ( sub-prefecture )
Canton	Marmande-1 (main town) ; Marmande-2 (main town)
Community association	Val de Garonne agglomeration
Coordinates	44 ° 30 ′ N , 0 ° 10 ′ E Coordinates: 44 ° 30 ′ N , 0 ° 10 ′ E
height	12-132 m
surface	45.06 km 2
Residents	17,691 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	393 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	47200
INSEE code	47157
Website	www.mairie-marmande.fr

Marmande is a French city with 17,691 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Lot-et-Garonne in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The city is the seat of the sub-prefecture ( French Sous-préfecture ) of the arrondissement Marmande , which consists of ten cantons . The city is the capital of the cantons of Marmande-1 and Marmande-2 .

Marmande is located between Bordeaux (about 90 kilometers northwest) and Agen (about 65 kilometers southwest) on the eastern, right bank of the Garonne . The place has its own train station on the Bordeaux – Sète line of the SNCF .

history

During the Albigensian Crusade , the Crusaders committed a massacre under Prince Louis (VIII) of France after conquering the city in 1219, which killed 5,000 residents.

Sports

Every year on the eve of the French national holiday, July 14th, the Grand Prix of France takes place on the motorcycle grass track as part of the World Long Track World Championship.

Culture

The multi-disciplinary open-air music festival Garorock has been taking place in the city since 1997 .

Town twinning

Sister towns of Marmande are Portogruaro in Veneto (Italy) and Ejea de los Caballeros in Aragon, Spain .

Personalities

Paul Bourillon (1877–1942), cyclist
Bernard Maury (1943-2005), jazz pianist
Pierrick Fédrigo (* 1978), cyclist

Web links

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

Individual evidence

^ William the Breton : Gesta Philippi Augusti. Edited by Léopold Delisle . In: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France . Volume 17, 1878, pp. 62–116, here p. 113 .
Alberich von Trois-Fontaines : Chronica. Published by Paul Scheffer-Boichorst . In: Monumenta Germaniae Historica . Scriptores (in folio). Volume 23: (Chronica aevi Suevici). Hahn, Hannover 1874, pp. 631–950, here p. 909 .

[1] William the Breton : Gesta Philippi Augusti. Edited by Léopold Delisle . In: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France . Volume 17, 1878, pp. 62–116, here p. 113 .
Alberich von Trois-Fontaines : Chronica. Published by Paul Scheffer-Boichorst . In: Monumenta Germaniae Historica . Scriptores (in folio). Volume 23: (Chronica aevi Suevici). Hahn, Hannover 1874, pp. 631–950, here p. 909 .