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Cadillac (French pronunciation: [kadijak] (listen); Gascon: Cadilhac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Cadillac
Commune
Château des ducs d'Épernon à Cadillac
Coat of arms
Location of Cadillac
Cadillac Show map of France Cadillac Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 44°38′14″N 0°19′03″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Langon
Canton	L'Entre-Deux-Mers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jocelyn Doré
Area 1	5.44 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	2,836
• Density	520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33081 /33410
Elevation	3–92 m (9.8–301.8 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

History

Cadillac was founded in 1280 to serve as a river port for the castle of Benauges by the lord of the castle, Jean I de Grailly.

Name

Cadillac is attested in the form Cadilacum in 1306. Toponymist Ernest Nègre explains the name as made up of personal roman name -Catilius, with the suffix -acum.

The suffix -acum is of gauloise origins (in the form -acon). It served to localise persons or the origins of persons before it became to demark the property of some person.

Geography

Cadillac is directly across the Garonne river from Sauternes, and is known for producing sweet dessert wines under the Cadillac AOC designation.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,204	—
1968	3,748	+17.0%
1975	3,340	−10.9%
1982	2,961	−11.3%
1990	2,582	−12.8%
1999	2,365	−8.4%
2008	2,382	+0.7%
2018	2,818	+18.3%

Sights

Cadillac is the home of the imposing Château des Ducs d'Épernon.

Name

The name of the commune was adopted by Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, the founder of Detroit and Governor of Louisiana, on his arrival to what is now the United States. The Cadillac division of General Motors, and Cadillac, Michigan are named after him.

See also

• French wine
• Communes of the Gironde department

References

На других языках

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[de] Cadillac (Gironde)

Cadillac ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 2836 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Gironde in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Sie ist Hauptort (chef-lieu) des Kantons L’Entre-deux-Mers im Arrondissement Langon. Früher war die Gemeinde Cadillac Teil der Grafschaft Bénauges.

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- [en] Cadillac, Gironde

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