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Le Puy (French pronunciation: [lə pɥi]; Gascon: Lo Puèi) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Le Puy
Commune
Town hall
Location of Le Puy
Le Puy
Le Puy
Coordinates: 44°39′43″N 0°04′26″E
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementLangon
CantonLe Réolais et Les Bastides
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Joël Le Houarner[1]
Area
1
8.15 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
407
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33345 /33580
Elevation18–115 m (59–377 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Puy lies 65 km (40 mi) from Bordeaux on the intersection of the D15 and the D16 and 1 km (0.62 mi) from Monségur across the river Dropt.


Economy


The economy is agricultural, with wheat, sunflowers and soya being grown in recent years to complement the more traditional plums and tobacco.

Church Sainte-Anne of Le Puy
Church Sainte-Anne of Le Puy
Town hall of Le Puy
Town hall of Le Puy

The locality produces the famous Entre deux mers wine.

Mill reservoirs can provide good fishing for roach, carp and pike.

The region is well known for its cèpes (boletus mushroom).


Geography


The town lies in the Dropt basin which covers nearly 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) 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 plateaus.


History


The town was a halting place on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

The Sisters of St. Joseph were founded in Le Puy in 1650 by Jesuit Priest Jean Pierre Medaille.

The town lost 10 soldiers during World War I.[3]


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962372    
1968366−1.6%
1975309−15.6%
1982257−16.8%
1990281+9.3%
1999290+3.2%
2008393+35.5%

Its inhabitants are known as Puylots.


Sights



See also



References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Le Puy, Mémorial GenWeb


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[de] Le Puy (Gironde)

Le Puy (okzitanisch Lo Puèi) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 407 Einwohnern (Stand: 1. Januar 2019) im Département Gironde in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Langon und zum Kanton Le Réolais et Les Bastides. Die Einwohner werden Podiens genannt.
- [en] Le Puy, Gironde



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