Sigalens
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Langon | |
| Canton | Le Réolais and Les Bastides | |
| Community association | Bazadais | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 27 ' N , 0 ° 3' E | |
| height | 30-136 m | |
| surface | 18.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 381 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 21 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33690 | |
| INSEE code | 33512 | |
 Notre-Dame church in Aillas-le-Vieux |
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Sigalens is a French municipality with 381 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .
geography
Sigalens is not far from the border to the Lot-et-Garonne department , 68 kilometers southeast of Bordeaux , 23 kilometers southeast of Langon and twelve kilometers east of Auros . The neighboring municipalities are Saint-Sauveur-de-Meilhan in the northeast, Cocumont in the east, Grignols in the southeast, Cauvignac in the south, Sendets in the southwest and Aillas in the northwest.
A motorway junction with the Autoroute A62 is located 8 kilometers north of Sigalens. The nearest train station is 17 kilometers from the village. It is located in La Réole on the Bordeaux - Sète line of the SNCF and TER Aquitaine.
history
The municipality of Sigalens was established in 1851 with the help of the municipality of Aillas, when the parishes of Aillas , Sigalens , Aillas-le-Vieux , Glayroux and Monclaris were reorganized.
In March 1857, a land register sector was separated from Sigalens. The area allocated to him was subsequently transferred to the neighboring municipality of Cocumont.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 310 | 346 | 292 | 252 | 239 | 238 | 275 | 381 |
Attractions
- The Saint-Pierre church was built in the 17th century.
- The Notre-Dame church used to exist in Aillas-le-Vieux . Its inventory has been recognized as a historical monument since 1987 . This church contains a statue of Mary .
- The Saint-Martin church was built in the 13th and 14th centuries. It was restored between 1680 and 1822.
See also: List of Monuments historiques in Sigalens
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 112-113.
