Monségur (Gironde)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Langon | |
| Canton | Le Réolais and Les Bastides | |
| Community association | Réolais en Sud Gironde | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 39 ′ N , 0 ° 5 ′ E | |
| height | 17-111 m | |
| surface | 9.91 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,584 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 160 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33580 | |
| INSEE code | 33289 | |
.JPG) Tour du gouverneur ('Tower of the Governor') |
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Monségur is a French commune with 1,584 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the southeast of the department Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
geography
Monségur is located in the Guyenne in an area called Entre-deux-Mers ('between two seas'), between the Garonne and the Dordogne , which is so named because the phenomenon of the tidal wave drives waves up the rivers. The municipality is located in the Dropt Valley , a right tributary of the Garonne, 18 kilometers north of Marmande and 57 kilometers southeast of Bordeaux .
The neighboring municipalities are Le Puy in the north and west, Dieulivol in the northeast, Cours-de-Monségur in the east, Saint-Vivien-de-Monségur in the southeast, Sainte-Gemme in the south and Saint-Sulpice-de-Guilleragues in the southwest.
history
The Bastide Monségur was founded in 1265 by Eléonore de Provence .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
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| 1598 | 1630 | 1618 | 1612 | 1537 | 1429 | 1522 | 1584 |
Attractions
- The market hall was built in the 19th century.
- The Gothic church "Notre-Dame" dates from the 13th century and was restored in the 19th century. It was entered in the supplementary list of official historical monuments in 1925 .
- The Tour du Gouverneur ('Tower of the Governor') from the 15th century.
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Monségur (Gironde)
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 989-993.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bastide de Monségur. (No longer available online.) Comité départementale du tourisme de la Gironde, archived from the original on July 26, 2009 ; Retrieved on August 21, 2010 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Village de Monségur. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved August 21, 2010 (French).
- ↑ Monségur. In: Base Mérimée. Ministère de la culture, accessed on August 21, 2010 (French).
- ↑ Une bastide caractéristique. (No longer available online.) In: www.tourisme-monsegur.fr. Association de Tourisme en Monségurais, archived from the original on November 13, 2008 ; Retrieved on August 21, 2010 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
