Saint-Genès-de-Castillon

Saint-Genès-de-Castillon
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Libourne
Canton	Les Coteaux de Dordogne
Community association	Grand Saint-Emilionnais
Coordinates	44 ° 54 '  N , 0 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 54 '  N , 0 ° 4'  E
height	32-98 m
surface	6.8 km 2
Residents	393 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	58 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	33350
INSEE code	33406
Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Genès-de-Castillon

Saint-Genès-de-Castillon is a French village with 393 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Aquitaine ); it belongs to the Arrondissement of Libourne and the canton of Les Coteaux de Dordogne (until 2015 Castillon-la-Bataille ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Genésiens .

geography

Saint-Genès-de-Castillon is about 50 kilometers east of Bordeaux . Saint-Genès-de-Castillon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Puisseguin in the north, Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguille in the northeast, Gardegan-et-Tourtirac in the east, Sainte-Colombe in the south, and Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse in the west Southwest and Montagne in the west and northwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	378	454	398	402	370	389	377	393
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• 19th century church
• Flojague Castle from the 16th century
• L'Estang Castle
• La Jarousse Castle
• Gravoux mansion from the 14th / 15th centuries Century ( Monument historique )

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  Saint-Genès church

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  Gravoux manor

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 580.

Web links

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