Langon, Gironde

Langon (French pronunciation: ​[lɑ̃ɡɔ̃]; Occitan: Lengon) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Langon serves as the seat of its district, canton and subprefecture. Its inhabitants are called Langonnais.

Langon
Subprefecture and commune
Langon and the Garonne
Coat of arms
Location of Langon
Langon Langon
Coordinates: 44°33′N 0°15′W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Langon
Canton	Le Sud-Gironde
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jérôme Guillem
Area ^1	13.71 km^2 (5.29 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	7,375
• Density	540/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33227 /33210
Elevation	0–73 m (0–240 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Langon is in the northern part of the department 48 km (30 mi) southeast of Bordeaux on the left bank of the Garonne river. It lies near the border between a wine-growing region (Premières côtes de Bordeaux) and the forest of Landes.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 3,267 —     1800 3,208 −1.8% 1806 3,222 +0.4% 1821 2,954 −8.3% 1831 3,566 +20.7% 1836 3,745 +5.0% 1841 3,986 +6.4% 1846 3,896 −2.3% 1851 3,953 +1.5% 1856 4,201 +6.3% 1861 4,114 −2.1% 1866 4,505 +9.5% 1872 4,647 +3.2% 1876 4,740 +2.0% 1881 4,704 −0.8% 1886 4,726 +0.5% 1891 4,733 +0.1% 1896 4,956 +4.7%

Year Pop. ±% 1901 4,816 −2.8% 1906 4,836 +0.4% 1911 4,900 +1.3% 1921 4,588 −6.4% 1926 4,731 +3.1% 1931 4,661 −1.5% 1936 4,786 +2.7% 1946 5,177 +8.2% 1954 5,231 +1.0% 1962 5,375 +2.8% 1968 5,356 −0.4% 1975 5,843 +9.1% 1982 5,836 −0.1% 1990 5,842 +0.1% 1999 6,168 +5.6% 2008 7,409 +20.1% 2013 7,418 +0.1%

Notable people born in Langon

• Louis Beaulieu (1840–1866), catholic priest, martyr in Korea
• Thomas Boudat
• Caroline Delas
• André Demptos
• Louis Ducos du Hauron
• Benjamin Fall
• Martine Faure
• Édouard Lafargue
• Pierre de La Montagne
• Pierre Lees-Melou
• Raymond Oliver
• Jean Sentuary
• Patrick Zygmanowski (born in 1970), classical pianist

Transport

Traditionally it was a stop on the Bordeaux-Toulouse route; the city is now served by the Entre-Deux-Mers autoroute. (A62 Bordeaux-Toulouse).

1. • Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit

Langon is also a pivotal point in the Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit, the waterway and road route constructed to allow the transportation of the fuselage sections and wings of the Airbus A380 airliner to the final assembly point in Toulouse. These components are brought to Langon by barge, where they are transferred at a specially constructed dock to outsize road vehicles. These then proceed in convoy via an indirect southerly route to Toulouse.[2]

1. • Rail

Langon has also a trainstation chère toi can go to Bordeaux or Agen. On school terms, there is also trains on mornings and evenings to Bordeaux, Agen and small towns and villages (Saint-Macaire, Podensac, Cadillac, ...).

Sights

A visit to Château de Roquetaillade, historical monument is a must .

This is a public space

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "A380 convoys". IGG.FR. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.