Mazères (Gironde)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Langon | |
| Canton | Le Sud-Gironde | |
| Community association | South Gironde | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 30 ′ N , 0 ° 15 ′ W | |
| height | 19-126 m | |
| surface | 13.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 761 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 58 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33210 | |
| INSEE code | 33279 | |
 Town Hall ( Mairie ) |
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Mazères is a French commune in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It has an area of 13.1 km² and had 761 inhabitants on January 1, 2017.
geography
The village is located about seven kilometers south of Langon on a small hill on a large area sloping north to the Garonne . The N 524 runs from Langon to Captieux in a north-south direction just under a kilometer east . To the south and west flows around the place of the Ruisseau de Marquet . The place itself can be seen as a scattered settlement . Also around the church, which is usually the center of the village, there are only a few farmsteads.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
| Residents | 471 | 453 | 406 | 383 | 453 | 547 | 638 | 761 |
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Attractions
- In the southwest of the municipality is the 14th century Roquetaillade Castle .
- Notre-Dame Church , the structure of which dates mainly from the 16th and 17th centuries,
Château neuf de Roquetaillade
Tower of the old castle
Notre-Dame church
Fallen memorial
education
There is a primary school in the village, which is bordered by several sports fields. For secondary schools, students must go to Langon.
Viticulture
Mazères is the southernmost AOC -classified wine village in the Bordeaux wine-growing region in the Graves region .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 842-846.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gironde Tourist Office ( 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.
- ^ Homepage of the community
