Preignac

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Preignac
Preignac coat of arms
Preignac (France)
Preignac
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Langon
Canton Les Landes des Graves
Community association Convergence Garonne
Coordinates 44 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 35 ′  N , 0 ° 18 ′  W
height 2-59 m
surface 13.26 km 2
Residents 2,140 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 161 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33210
INSEE code 33337

Preignac

Preignac is a French commune in with 2,140 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine approximately 40 kilometers southeast of Bordeaux area.

wine growing

Preignac is known for its excellent noble sweet white wines and belongs to the Sauternes growing region in Bordeaux . The small river Ciron flows through the cultivation area, the cold spring water of which flows into the warmer waters of the Garonne and forms fog in autumn , which offers the best opportunities for the noble rot fungus Botrytis cinerea to increase the sugar content of the grapes . (→ must weight )

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
2184 2227 2096 1958 1992 2026 2138 2140

Source for population development

Attractions

  • Château de Malle , a 17th century winery with a lovely garden
  • Château Suduiraut , well-known winery that produces noble sweet white wines
  • Saint-Vincent church with an organ renovated by Bernard Cogez in 2005

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Preignac

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1141-1149.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Preignac on the Insee website
  2. ^ Orgue de Preignac, Église Saint-Vincent - ADOR.A. Retrieved April 10, 2017 (French).