Saint-Genès-de-Blaye
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Blaye | |
| Canton | L'Estuaire | |
| Community association | Blaye | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 10 ′ N , 0 ° 38 ′ W | |
| height | 0-34 m | |
| surface | 7.41 km 2 | |
| Residents | 485 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 65 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33390 | |
| INSEE code | 33405 | |
_mairie.JPG) Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Genès-de-Blaye |
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Saint-Genès-de-Blaye is a French municipality with 485 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement Blaye and the canton L'Estuaire (until 2015: canton Blaye ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Genésois .
geography
Saint-Genès-de-Blaye is located on the Gironde ( Garonne ) estuary , about 36 kilometers north-north-west of Bordeaux . Saint-Genès-de-Blaye is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Fours in the north, Saint-Surin-de-Cursac in the east, Saint-Martin-Lacaussade in the south and southeast, Blaye in the south and on the other side of the estuary Saint-Julien- Beychevelle in the west. The northern part of the river island Île Nouvelle (also called Île Bouchaud ) in the estuary belongs to the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 396 | 394 | 400 | 387 | 428 | 396 | 441 | 485 |
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Attractions
- Segonzac Castle
- Pérenne Castle, now a winery
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 233-234.
