Pellegrue

Pellegrue
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Langon
Canton	Le Réolais and Les Bastides
Community association	Pays Foyen
Coordinates	44 ° 45 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 44 ° 45 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  E
height	33-132 m
surface	38.18 km 2
Residents	1,099 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	33790
INSEE code	33316
Website	http://www.pellegrue.com/

Pellegrue is a French commune with 1,099 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belonged from February 17, 1800 to September 10, 1926 to the Arrondissement de La Réole , whose district was then struck to the Arrondissement Langon . Pellegrue belongs to the canton of Le Réolais et Les Bastides .

The village emerged from a bastide ; it is located on Route nationale 672 between Sainte-Foy-la-Grande and Sauveterre-de-Guyenne . Pellegrue is located on Via Lemovicensis , one of the four historical " Routes of the St. James pilgrims in France ".

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2009	2017
Residents	1248	1343	1144	1065	1046	979	1005	1099

Attractions

• The Saint-André church was built in the 13th century with a plan in the shape of a Latin cross. The west facade is Romanesque , the tower was built in the 19th century in neo-Byzantine style . It has been a monument historique since 1925 .
• The castle, Château du Puch de Gensac , was built in the 13th century and expanded in the 16th and 17th centuries. It has been a monument historique since 1994 .
• Market hall

See also: List of the Monuments historiques in Pellegrue

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  Church Saint-André

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  Château du Puch de Gensac

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  Market hall

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1063-1070.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From Pellegrue to Le Réole