Le Puy, Gironde
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Commune of Le Puy |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Langon |
| Canton | Monségur |
| Mayor | Eric Fellet (2001?-2008?) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 18 m–115 m (avg. 27 m) |
| Land area¹ | 8.15 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
290 |
| - Density | 35/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 33345/ 33580 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Le Puy is a French commune situated in the département of Gironde and the Aquitaine région.
The village of Le Puy lies 65 km from Bordeaux on the intersection of the D15 and the D16 and 1 km from Monségur across the river Dropt. The economy is agricultural, with wheat, sunflowers and soya being grown in recent years to complement the more traditional plums and tobacco.
The locality produces the famous Entre deux mers wine.
Mill reservoirs can provide good fishing for roach, carp and pike.
Its inhabitants are known as Puylots.
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[edit] Geography
The town lies in the Dropt basin which covers nearly 1,500 km² in Guyenne, from Quercy to the Bordelais. The river is an affluent of the right bank of the Gironde.
The alluvial plain of the Dropt is characterized by boulbène (a soil composed of clay and sand) terraces, rising to foothills of molasse (chalky sandstone sedimentary deposits) with a few hillocks or the edges of chalky plateaux.
[edit] History
The town was a halting place on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
[edit] Demography
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 372 | 366 | 309 | 257 | 281 | 290 |
| Census Enumeration : Population without double-counting | |||||
[edit] Places and monuments
- Valley of the Dropt industrial dairy 1945. Manufactures butter and milk powder;
- Archives record three windmills at Saint-Batz;
- Parish church of Saint Anne;
- Friday market in Monségur, a 13th century bastide (walled town}.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Usually le Puy in France refers to the Provencal word Puech (an isolated hill).
The town lost 10 soldiers during World War I - see:
The region is well-known for its cèpes (boletus musheroom).
[edit] See also
[edit] External links (all sites in French, unless otherwise indicated)
- Valley of the Dropt
- Census data for Le Puy on the INSEE site (English header)
- Le Puy on the Institut Géographique National site
- Weather for Le Puy
- Financial Data for Le Puy from the Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry
- Tax information for Le Puy (in English)
- Closest communes to Le Puy
- Ministry of Culture site
- Le Puy on Villorama site
- My hometown (Monclocher) site (Location of townhall only)
[edit] Map Links
- Map and list of communes of Gironde
- Map of Le Puy on Michelin (in English)
- Map of Le Puy on the Institut Géographique National site
- Map of Le Puy on Mapquest (in English)
- Le Puy on the Cassini map
- Map of Le Puy on Mappy (in English)
- Location of Le Puy on a map of France
- Calculate straight-line distance from Le Puy to other towns in Gironde
