Peujard
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Blaye | |
| Canton | Le North Gironde | |
| Community association | Grand Cubzaguais | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 3 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W | |
| height | 10-54 m | |
| surface | 10.98 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,173 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 198 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33240 | |
| INSEE code | 33321 | |
| Website | http://www.peujard.com/ | |
 Peujard Town Hall |
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Peujard is a French commune with 2,173 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Blaye and the canton of Le Nord-Gironde (until 2015: canton of Saint-André-de-Cubzac ). The inhabitants are called Peujardais .
geography
Peujard is about 25 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux . Peujard is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Cubnezais in the north, Gauriaguet in the east, Val de Virvée in the south-east, Virsac in the south, Saint-Laurent-d'Arce in the west and south-west and Cézac in the north-west.
The municipality is located between the A10 autoroute on the western edge of the municipality and Route nationale 10 on the eastern edge of the municipality.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 585 | 596 | 598 | 879 | 1039 | 1399 | 1616 | 2173 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Romanesque Church of Notre-Dame, built in the 11th century, monument historique since 1908
- Peujard Castle
Notre-Dame church
Peujard Castle
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 1245.
