Pujols (Gironde)

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Pujols
Pujòus
Pujols coat of arms
Pujols (France)
Pujols
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Libourne
Canton Les Coteaux de Dordogne
Community association Castillon-Pujols
Coordinates 44 ° 48 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  W
height 9-98 m
surface 7.4 km 2
Residents 538 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 73 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33350
INSEE code 33344
Website http://communepujols33.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Pujols in the castle

Pujols ( Occitan : Pujòus ) is a southwestern French community with 538 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Libourne and the canton of Les Coteaux de Dordogne (until 2015: canton of Pujols ). The inhabitants are called Pujolais .

location

Pujols is located about 43 kilometers east of Bordeaux and about 20 kilometers southeast of Libourne in the Dordogne valley . Pujols is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Mouliets-et-Villemartin in the north, Doulezon in the east and southeast, Ruch in the south, Bossugan in the southwest and Saint-Pey-de-Castets in the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 580 534 465 517 573 604 580 538
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church from the 13th / 14th centuries Century, Monument historique since 1846
  • Castle from the 14th / 15th centuries Century, Monument historique since 1925

  • Saint-Pierre church

  • Pujols Castle

Personalities

  • Charles Platon (1886–1944), admiral, politician, member of the Vichy regime as State Secretary

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1176–1179.

Web links

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