Saint-Magne-de-Castillon
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Saint-Magne-de-Castillon Sent Manhe de Castilhon |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Libourne | |
| Canton | Les Coteaux de Dordogne | |
| Community association | Castillon-Pujols | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 52 ′ N , 0 ° 4 ′ W | |
| height | 1-96 m | |
| surface | 13.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,998 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 144 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33350 | |
| INSEE code | 33437 | |
 Saint-Magne church |
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Saint-Magne-de-Castillon ( Occitan : Sent Manhe de Castilhon ) is a southwestern French municipality with 1998 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Libourne and the canton of Les Coteaux de Dordogne (until 2015: Canton Castillon-la-Bataille ).
location
Saint-Magne-de-Castillon is about 30 kilometers east of Bordeaux . The Dordogne river limits the municipality to the south. Surrounded saint-Magne-de-Castillon from the neighboring communities of Sainte-Colombe in the north, Belvès-de-Castillon in the Northeast, Castillon-la-Bataille in the east, Mouliets-et-Villemartin in the southeast, Saint-Pey-de-Castets and Civrac-sur-Dordogne in the south, Sainte-Terre in the southwest, Saint-Pey-d'Armens in the west and Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse in the northwest.
The former route nationale 136 (today's D936) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
| Residents | 1194 | 1275 | 1455 | 1531 | 1640 | 1757 | 1778 | 1,998 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Magne Church ( Monument historique )
Personalities
- Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756–1794), lawyer and revolutionary
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 582-583.
