Quinsac (Gironde)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux | |
| Canton | Créon | |
| Community association | Portes de l'Entre-Deux-Mers | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 45 ′ N , 0 ° 29 ′ W | |
| height | 2-86 m | |
| surface | 8.14 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,189 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 269 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33360 | |
| INSEE code | 33349 | |
| Website | http://www.quinsac33.com | |
 Mairie (Town Hall) |
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Quinsac is a French commune with 2,189 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the canton of Créon in Arrondissement Bordeaux in the Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1239 | 1422 | 1527 | 1829 | 1866 | 1764 | 1950 | 2189 |
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economy
The main agricultural source of income is viticulture, because Quinsac is located in the " Premières Côtes de Bordeaux ", where high quality wines are produced. Quinsac is considered the capital of Clairet , a rosé wine developed and grown there.
traffic
The village is located on the right bank of the Garonne , about seven kilometers from the Bordeaux bypass . It can be reached from Bordeaux in the direction of Paris via the first exit after the “François Mitterrand” bridge.
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Quinsac (Gironde)
Personalities
- Clémentine-Hélène Dufau (1869–1937), painter
Community partnerships
Quinsac has Steinenbronn in Baden-Württemberg (since 1966), Le Rœulx in Belgium (since 1962) and Polla in Italy (since 2009) as partner communities.
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 666–667.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quinsac's homepage ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
