Prignac-et-Marcamps
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Prignac-et-Marcamps Prinhac e Marcamps |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Blaye | |
| Canton | L'Estuaire | |
| Community association | Grand Cubzaguais | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 30 ′ W | |
| height | 2-42 m | |
| surface | 9.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,379 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 143 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33710 | |
| INSEE code | 33339 | |
| Website | http://www.prignacetmarcamps.fr/ | |
_mairie.JPG) Town hall (Mairie) of Prignac-et-Marcamps |
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Prignac-et-Marcamps ( Occitan : Prinhac e Marcamps ) is a town in southwestern France and a municipality with 1,379 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the north of the Aquitaine region . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Blaye and the canton L'Estuaire (until 2015: canton Bourg ). The inhabitants are called Prignacais .
location
Prignac-et-Marcamps is located in the historic province of Angoumois in the Charente cultural landscape on the north bank of the Dordogne river . Prignac-et-Marcamps is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Tauriac in the north, Saint-Laurent-d'Arce in the east and northeast, Saint-Gervais in the east and southeast, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in the south, Ambès in the southwest and Bourg in the West.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 806 | 812 | 1069 | 1262 | 1268 | 1286 | 1353 | 1379 |
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Attractions
- Pair-non-Pair cave, archaeological site with a Neolithic period (approx. 30,000 before today) and numerous cave carvings, monument historique
- Saint-Pierre church in Prignac, built in the second half of the 19th century
- Saint-Michel church in Marcamps, built in the 12th century, remodeled in the 17th century, restored in the 19th century
- Chapel of Cazelle
- Grand Jour Castle, built in 1763
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Prignac-et-Marcamps
Entrance to the pair-non-pair cave
Saint-Pierre church
Saint-Michel church
Chapel of Cazelle
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Personalities
- Charles Chaumet (1866–1932), politician
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 356-361.
