Sainte-Hélène (Gironde)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Lesparre-Médoc | |
| Canton | Le Sud-Médoc | |
| Community association | Médullienne | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 58 ′ N , 0 ° 53 ′ W | |
| height | 28-47 m | |
| surface | 127.87 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,797 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 22 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33480 | |
| INSEE code | 33417 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-sainte-helene.fr/ | |
 Town hall of Sainte-Hélène |
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Sainte-Hélène is a French town in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine with 2,797 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc and the canton of Le Sud-Médoc . The inhabitants are called Sainte-Hélènois .
geography
Sainte-Hélène is located about 28 kilometers northwest of Bordeaux in the Médoc landscape . Sainte-Hélène is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Brach in the north and north-west, Listrac-Médoc in the north, Moulis-en-Médoc and Castelnau-de-Médoc in the north-east, Salaunes in the east and south-east, Le Temple in the south and south-west, Saumos in the west and southwest and Lacanau to the west.
The Via Turonensis , a variant of the Camino de Santiago , runs through the municipality .
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 1,042 | 1,052 | 1.107 | 1,436 | 1,608 | 1,776 | 2,334 | 2,797 |
Attractions
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- Saint-Hélène church, rebuilt in 1927 in neo-Gothic style
- Bordier Castle, built between 1892 and 1900, with a large garden
- Hotel Constantin
- Villa Quand même et mépris
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 563-565.
