Saint-Médard-de-Guizières
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Libourne | |
| Canton | Le North Libournais | |
| Community association | Libournais | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 1 ′ N , 0 ° 3 ′ W | |
| height | 8-67 m | |
| surface | 10.37 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,380 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 230 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33230 | |
| INSEE code | 33447 | |
| Website | saintmedarddeguizieres.fr/ | |
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Saint-Médard-de-Guizières is a French commune with 2,380 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Libourne and the canton of Le Nord-Libournais (until 2015: canton of Coutras ).
geography
Saint-Médard-de-Guizières is located about 46 kilometers northeast of Bordeaux and about 20 kilometers northeast of Libourne on the river Isle . Saint-Médard-de-Guizières is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Coutras in the north, Camps-sur-l'Isle in the northeast, Saint-Sauveur-de-Puynormand in the southeast, Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps in the south, Lussac in the southwest as well Abzac to the west.
The A89 autoroute runs through the municipality .
history
Until 1673 the village was only called Méard .
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1,571 | 1,737 | 1,828 | 1,935 | 1,897 | 2,106 | 2.154 | 2,380 |
Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the British community of Wedmore in Somerset (England) since 1975 .
Attractions
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- Church of Saint-Médard-de-Guizières, Monument historique
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 631-633.
