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Vayres (French pronunciation: [vɛjʁ]; Occitan: Vairas) is a commune in the Arrondissement of Libourne, in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Vayres
Commune
Chateau
Location of Vayres
Vayres
Vayres
Coordinates: 44°53′53″N 0°18′47″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementLibourne
CantonLe Libournais-Fronsadais
IntercommunalityCA Libournais
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Jacques Legrand
Area
1
14.46 km2 (5.58 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
4,123
  Density290/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33539 /33870
Elevation2–39 m (6.6–128.0 ft)
(avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Etymology


The name Vayres comes from Varatedo, the property of someone named Varus during the Gallo-Roman period.[2]

In 1060 the parish of Sanctus Johannes de Vayras is attested and the area is mentioned again in the 13th and 14th centuries.[3]


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±%
19621,853    
19681,845−0.4%
19752,295+24.4%
19822,361+2.9%
19902,491+5.5%
19992,631+5.6%
20083,280+24.7%

Location


Vayres is located in the Entre-deux-Mers natural region of France on the left bank of the Dordogne, in the Bordeaux attraction area making it a satellite village of Bordeaux and the nearby town of Libourne. Despite Vayre's location 70 km from the Atlantic cost, the village still gets waves on the Dordogne through a process known as Tidal bores.

Vayres is located 6.6 km west of Libourne, 12.4 km south-west of Saint-Émilion and 21.5 km north-east of Bordeaux. The village in the proximity of Vayres on the left bank are: Arveyres to the south-east, Saint-Germain-du-Puch to the south, Beychac-et-Caillau to the south-west, Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac to the west and Izon to the north. And on the right bank are: Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac to the north-east and Fronsac to the east.[4]


Transportation


The commune is accessible via exit number 7 titled "Vayres et Izon" (Vayres and Izon) and exit number 8 titled "Vayres, Arveyres, Saint-Germain-du-Puch et Libourne" (Vayres, Arveyres, Saint-Germain-du-Puch and Libourne) on the A89 autoroute.


By rail


The line Paris-Austerlitz to Bordeaux-Saint-Jean passes through Vayres stopping at "Gare de Vayres" (Vayres rainway station).


Sights


Aerial view of the chateau
Aerial view of the chateau

The castle was sold in 1583 by King Henry IV of Navarre largely ruined, to Ogier de Gourgue, in charge of the treasury of Guyenne, a friend of philosopher and political thinker Michel de Montaigne. Ogier de Gourge commissioned a well-known architect, Louis de Foix, who was building the Cordouan lighthouse and had worked for a few years for the king of Spain Philip II.


History


Vayres has been inhabited since antiquity. It was located on the Roman road that connected Burdigala, now Bordeaux to Vesunna, now Périgueux. At the time it was a camp and market but gradually developed due to its location on a rocky outcrop overlooking the confluence between the Gestas and the Dordogne on which the castle was built. Vayres was a Barony, then a Marquisat where the Seigneurs were rich and powerful. The first written records of the Seigneurs of Vayres were the statements of various donations (Frenchs: états de donations diverses), written between 1060 to 1086. In the 11th century the Seigneurs from the Gombaud family owned Vayres and Lesparre-Médoc. An archbishop of Bordeaux also had this name at the end of the 10th century. During the French Revolution the parish of Saint-Jean de Vayres became the commune of Vayres.[6]


See also



References


  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. Dupuy, Michèle. Les grandes heures de l'Aquitaine (in French).
  3. "Visites en Aquitaine - Région Aquitaine" (in French). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  4. "Géoportail". www.geoportail.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  5. "Château de Vayres". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  6. "Historique des communes". GAEL (Gironde Archives en ligne). p. 67.



На других языках


[de] Vayres (Gironde)

Vayres (okzitanisch Vairas) ist eine südwestfranzösische Gemeinde mit 4123 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Gironde in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
- [en] Vayres, Gironde

[es] Vayres (Gironda)

Vayres es una población y comuna francesa, situada en la región de Aquitania, departamento de Gironda, en el distrito de Libourne y cantón de Libourne.

[fr] Vayres (Gironde)

Vayres est une commune du Sud-Ouest de la France située dans le département de la Gironde en région Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

[ru] Вер (Жиронда)

Вер, Жиронда (Vayres) — коммуна на юго-западе Франции, в регионе Новая Аквитания, департамент Жиронда. Население — 4123 человек.



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