Villegouge

Villegouge Vila Goja
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Libourne
Canton	Le Libournais-Fronsadais
Community association	Fronsadais
Coordinates	44 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 58 ′  N , 0 ° 18 ′  W
height	11-81 m
surface	13.84 km 2
Residents	1,263 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	91 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	33141
INSEE code	33548
Website	http://www.villegouge.fr/
Villegouge - Saint-Pierre Church

Villegouge ( Occitan Vila Goja ) is a southwestern French municipality with 1263 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine .

location

The place Villegouge is about ten kilometers in a north-westerly direction from Libourne and about 18 kilometers from Saint-Emilion ; he is at a height of about 50 meters above sea level. d. M. The city of Bordeaux is located about 36 kilometers (driving distance) to the southwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2017
Residents	709	715	773	968	1100	1107	1155	1263

In the 19th century the community consistently had between 800 and 900 inhabitants. The phylloxera crisis and the increasing mechanization of agriculture led to a continuous decline in the number of inhabitants in the first half of the 20th century to the lows in the 1960s. Due to the relative proximity to the city of Bordeaux and the significantly lower property prices in the countryside, there has been a noticeable increase in the population over the past few decades.

economy

Villegouge lived for centuries from agriculture, which also includes viticulture, which today occupies the largest acreage in the municipality and is marketed through the Bordeaux (AOC) and Bordeaux Supérieur (AOC) appellations. But tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments ( gîtes ) also contributes to the municipality's income.

history

The medieval place name was Villagosia ('City of the Goths'), which indicates a possible Visigothic origin of the place. Later documents suggest that the place was very badly affected during the Hundred Years War (1337-1453).

Attractions

• Of the originally late Romanesque parish church of Saint-Pierre , only the archivolt portal , which has been stepped down several times and is slightly sharpened at the apex, has been preserved, whose capitals are particularly noteworthy. In the 15th century the church building was fundamentally renewed, vaulted and stabilized by buttresses on the south side. In the 19th century, a transept with side apses and a tower on the north side were added. The portal has been recognized as a Monument Historique since 1908 .
• The Château de Pommiers ( 44 ° 59 ′ 16 ″  N , 0 ° 19 ′ 18 ″  W ), which originates mainly from the 18th century, but generally looks rather simple, is located partly on the territory of the municipality of Villegouge and partly on that of the neighboring municipality Vérac . Today it serves as a stud and riding stables.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 724.

Web links

Commons : Villegouge  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Villegouge, Église Saint-Pierre in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)