Langon, Gironde

Langon
Langon and the Garonne
Coat of arms
Langon
Location within Aquitaine region Langon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Langon
Canton	Langon
Intercommunality	Pays de Langon
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Philippe Plagnol
Area1	13.71 km2 (5.29 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	7,409
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
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 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Langon is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. Langon serves as the seat of its district, canton and subprefecture. Its inhabitants are called Langonnais.

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%
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%

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).

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.

Sights

A visit to Château de Roquetaillade, historical monument is a must [1].

This is a public space

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE