Villenave-d'Ornon

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Villenave-d'Ornon
Vilanava d'Ornon
Coat of arms of Villenave-d'Ornon
Villenave-d'Ornon (France)
Villenave-d'Ornon
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Bordeaux
Canton Villenave-d'Ornon
Community association Bordeaux metropolis
Coordinates 44 ° 47 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 47 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  W
height 3–41 m
surface 21.26 km 2
Residents 34,090 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,603 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 33140
INSEE code
Website http://www.villenavedornon.fr/

Mairie (Town Hall)

Villenave-d'Ornon is a French city with 34,090 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The city is located in the Arrondissement of Bordeaux and forms its own canton .

Villenave-d'Ornon is located south of Bordeaux , on the western bank of the Garonne . The community is served by the TBC bus lines.

Villenave-d'Ornon is a wine-growing town in the Graves wine-growing region and belongs to the Pessac-Léognan appellation .

The Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin Bordeaux Aquitaine (ISVV), inaugurated in June 2009, is in Villenave-d'Ornon . It is the largest research center for viticulture in Europe and was designed by the architects Nicolas Ragueneau and Antoine Roux.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 13,401 21,263 22,975 21,073 25,609 27,500 29,958 32,750
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Villenave-d'Ornon

Church of St-Martin with sculpture Madonna and Child from the 18th century ( Monument historique )

Town twinning

Twin towns of Villenave-d'Ornon are since 1982 Seeheim-Jugenheim in Hessen (Germany), Torres Vedras (Portugal) since 1993 and Bridgend in Wales (UK) since 1994th

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1597-1603.

Web links

Commons : Villenave-d'Ornon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Institute des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin