Rions
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Langon | |
| Canton | L'Entre-deux-Mers | |
| Community association | Convergence Garonne | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 40 ′ N , 0 ° 21 ′ W | |
| height | 2–117 m | |
| surface | 10.65 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,556 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 146 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33410 | |
| INSEE code | 33355 | |
 Rions Town Hall |
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Rions is a French commune in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality is located in the catchment area of the city of Bordeaux. While Rions had 880 inhabitants in 1962, it currently has 1,556 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
The municipality belongs to the canton of L'Entre-deux-Mers in the Arrondissement of Langon .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2010 | 2017 |
| Residents | 880 | 941 | 989 | 1272 | 1379 | 1440 | 1581 | 1556 |
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Viticulture
Rions is a wine-growing community; the vineyards belong to the Appellations Premières Côtes de Bordeaux and Cadillac .
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Saint-Seurin
- La Tour du Lhyans : built in 1330 by the Seigneur de Rions
- Defense tower from the 14th century as part of an extensive fortress
- Broussey Monastery: It was founded on April 9, 1841 and was the first new Carmel to be built in France after the French Revolution.
Saint-Seurin church
Citadel tower
town hall
Tour du Lhyans
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 476-479.
Web links
Commons : Rions - collection of images, videos and audio files
