Podensac

Podensac
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Coat of arms of Podensac Coat of arms
Podensac
Location within Aquitaine region Podensac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Podensac
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Mateille
Area1	8.34 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	2,609
• Density	310/km2 (810/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33327 / 33720
Elevation	2–25 m (6.6–82.0 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.

Podensac is a commune in the Gironde department. It is located in the famous Bordeaux wine region in Aquitaine (southwestern France).

Geography

Podensac is located within the Graves vineyards, on the left bank of the Garonne river, 30km (19 mi) southeast from Bordeaux and 15 km (9 mi) northwest from Langon.

Population

At the January 2011 census, there were 2,731 inhabitants in the commune.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,663	—
1968	1,823	+9.6%
1975	1,925	+5.6%
1982	2,219	+15.3%
1990	2,261	+1.9%
1999	2,267	+0.3%
2008	2,609	+15.1%

Economy

• Lillet company (apéritif made of wine and orange liquor). Lillet is famous for being the drink of James Bond in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace films.
• Maison Des Vins de Graves: a winehouse dedicated to the Graves wines.

Main sights

• Château d´eau Le Corbusier, a Swiss-French architect (pioneers of what is now called modern architecture) (http://www.fondationlecorbusier.asso.fr/podensac.htm)
• Château Chavat: a 1917 castle classified in 2006 as a Monument historique (National Heritage Site of France). It is surrounded by a garden labelled as Remarkable Gardens of France.
• Eglise Saint-Vincent: a church classified in 1925 as a Monument historique.
• Mascaret (tidal bore): the mascaret is a phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave of water in the Gironde estuary that then travels up the Garonne river.

• Podensac Église Saint-Vincent 01.jpg

  Eglise Saint-Vincent (avr. 2013)

• Podensac Château Chavat 02.jpg

  Château Chavat (mars 2012)

• Podensac Lillet 01.jpg

  Lillet company(avr. 2013)

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department
• http://www.podensac.fr City website (in French)
• https://www.facebook.com/podensac

References

• INSEE