Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux | |
| Canton | La Brède | |
| Community association | Montesquieu | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 43 ′ N , 0 ° 31 ′ W | |
| height | 3–51 m | |
| surface | 12.70 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,971 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 234 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33650 | |
| INSEE code | 33448 | |
| Website | http://www.saint-medard-deyrans.fr/ | |
Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans is a French village with 2,971 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality is located in the closer catchment area of the northern city of Bordeaux, about 20 km away .
The municipality belongs to the canton of La Brède in the Arrondissement of Bordeaux and to the Communauté de Communes de Montesquieu , an association of 13 municipalities south of Bordeaux.
Population development
In the past 50 years, the population of Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans has roughly tripled, as can be seen in the table below.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2014 |
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| Residents | 831 | 1.109 | 1,330 | 1,490 | 2,033 | 2,277 | 2,603 | 2,924 |
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Source: INSEE , 2006: update; Numbers excluding second homes
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Community partnerships
- Mogege , Portugal, since June 2003
Viticulture
Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans is a wine-growing town in the Graves wine-growing region and belongs to the Pessac-Léognan appellation .
Attractions
- Castle ( Monument historique )
- church
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 442-445.
Web links
Commons : Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- More information about the place (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Town twinning. saint-medard-deyrans.fr, accessed June 3, 2011 (French).