Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil

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Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil (France)
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Lesparre-Médoc
Canton Le Nord-Médoc
Community association Médoc Coeur de Presqu'île
Coordinates 45 ° 17 ′  N , 0 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 17 ′  N , 0 ° 52 ′  W
height 3–32 m
surface 44.35 km 2
Residents 1,234 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 28 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33340
INSEE code
Website http://www.saintgermaindesteuil.com/

Town hall (Mairie) of Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil

Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil ( Occitan : Sent German d'Estulh ) is a French commune in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ) with 1,234 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc and the canton of Le Nord-Médoc (until 2015: Canton of Lesparre-Médoc ). The inhabitants are called Saint-Germinois .

geography

Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil is located about 55 kilometers north-northwest of Bordeaux in the Médoc . Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ordonnac in the north and northeast, Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne in the east and northeast, Vertheuil in the east, Cissac-Médoc in the southeast, Saint-Laurent-Médoc in the south, Hourtin in the Southwest and Lesparre-Médoc in the west and northwest.

The former route nationale 215 (today's D1215) runs through the municipality .

population

Number of inhabitants
year 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 1,017 0915 1.003 0764 0855 1,020 1,087 1,161 1,234

Attractions

  • Barbehère dolmen , historic monument since 1989
  • church
  • Monumental cross from 1860, Monument historique since 1992
  • Remains of the Roman amphitheater from the first century AD in Brion, Monument historique

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil

Parish partnership

There is a partnership with the German municipality of Bevern in Lower Saxony.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 870-872.

Web links

Commons : Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence