Langon
Langon (Fr-Paris--Langon.ogg; 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 and Langonnaise.
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• Name — Langon • Commune Status — Subprefecture and commune • Arrondissement — Langon • Canton — Le Sud-Gironde • Insee — 33227 • Postal Code — 33210 • Mayor — Jérôme Guillem • Term — 2020–2026 • Elevation M — 23 • Elevation Min M — 0 • Elevation Max M — 73 • Area Km2 — 13.71
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Langon appears in the authority records of the Etalab API Découpage administratif and the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names as a place. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Langon as an inhabited place. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Langon as a commune. The authority records of the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record Nouvelle-Aquitaine as the administrative unit of Langon. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Gironde as the administrative unit of Langon. Etalab API Découpage administratif records Nouvelle-Aquitaine as the administrative region of Langon. Etalab API Découpage administratif records France as the country of Langon. The area of Langon is 1,377.46 hectares, according to the Etalab API Découpage administratif. The Etalab API Découpage administratif records the postal code 33210 for Langon.
Geography
Geography
Langon is in the southern part of the department 48 km southeast of Bordeaux on the left bank of the Garonne river. It lies within the wine-growing region of the Graves near the border with the forest of the Landes.
Notable people born in Langon
Notable people born in Langon
• Louis Beaulieu (1840–1866), catholic priest, martyr in Korea • Thomas Boudat • Caroline Delas • Louis Ducos du Hauron • Benjamin Fall • Martine Faure • Édouard Lafargue • Pierre de La Montagne • Pierre Lees-Melou • David Martimort, economist • Raymond Oliver • Sandrine Revel • Jean Sentuary • Patrick Zygmanowski (born in 1970), classical pianist
Transport
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).
Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit
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 were brought to Langon by barge, where they were transferred at a specially constructed dock to outsize road vehicles. • Illustration — Barge at the quay • Illustration — Wing leaving the quay • Illustration — Transfer to holding compound These then proceeded in convoy via an indirect southerly route to Toulouse. The imposing crane just downstream of the Airbus quay was built by EDF in 1986 to handle materials for the construction of the nuclear power station at Golfech near Agen. It is still used to handle heavy electrical distribution items such as transformers. • Illustration — The EDF crane • Illustration — Transformers unloaded
Rail
Rail
Langon station has rail connections (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) to Bordeaux, Marmande and Agen.
Bus
Bus
Buses at Langon are operated under the banner of the Nouvelle Aquitaine regional transport authority. Their website for buses in the area is https: transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr/cars-regionaux/reseau-et-horaires/gironde Route / Line 501 connects Langon with Bordeaux along the D10 road, via Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Langoiran and Cambes, on the opposite bank of the river to the railway. Routes 511 and 512 serve villages to the south and southeast.
Sights
Sights
• Château de Respide • Château de Roquetaillade
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