Val de Virvée

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Val de Virvée
Val de Virvée (France)
Val de Virvée
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Blaye
Canton Le North Gironde
Community association Grand Cubzaguais
Coordinates 45 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 1 ′  N , 0 ° 24 ′  W
height 13-64 m
surface 20.79 km 2
Residents 3,512 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 169 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33240
INSEE code

Town hall (Mairie) in the hamlet of Aubie-et-Espessas

Val de Virvée is a French commune in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ) with 3,512 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Blaye and the canton of Le Nord-Gironde .

On January 1, 2016, Val de Virvée was created as Commune nouvelle through the merger of the previously independent municipalities of Aubie-et-Espessas , Saint-Antoine and Salignac .

structure

District former
INSEE code
Area
(km²)
Altitude
(m)
Population
(2016)
Density
(inh. Per km²)
Aubie-et-Espessas (administrative headquarters)00 33018 07.55 14-56 1,344 0178.0
Saint-Antoine 33371 00.20 36-47 .0413 2,065.0
Salignac 33495 13.04 13-64 1,733 0132.9

geography

Val de Virvée is about 24 kilometers north-northeast of Bordeaux . Val-de-Virvée is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Gauriaguet and Marsas in the north, Marcenais in the northeast, Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac in the east, Mouillac in the east and southeast, Vérac in the southeast, La Lande-de-Fronsac in the south, and Saint -André-de-Cubzac in the south and south-west, Virsac in the west and Peujard in the north-west.

Route nationale 10 runs along the western edge of the municipality .

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Val de Virvée

Aubie-et-Espessas

  • Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens church in Espessas from the 12th century, a historic monument since 1925
  • Saint-Martin church in Aubie from 1272
  • Buffaud Castle

Saint-Antoine

  • Saint-Antoine church

Salignac

  • Saint-Pierre church

Web links

Commons : Val de Virvée  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. Population figures retrospectively from January 1, 2016