La Brède
La Brède | |
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 Chateau | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of La Brède | |
  La Brède Location within France  La Brède Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Coordinates: 44°40′56″N 0°31′38″W / 44.6822°N 0.5272°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
| Canton | La Brède |
| Intercommunality | Montesquieu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Dufranc[1] |
Area 1 | 23.28 km2 (8.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,386 |
| • Density | 188.4/km2 (488.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33213 /33650 |
| Elevation | 9–61 m (30–200 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Brède (French pronunciation: [la bʁɛd]; Occitan: La Brèda, before 1987: Labrede)[3] is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
The gothic Château de la Brède was the birthplace and the retreat of Montesquieu, whose library and bedroom are preserved.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,448 | — |
| 1975 | 1,769 | +2.90% |
| 1982 | 2,281 | +3.70% |
| 1990 | 2,846 | +2.80% |
| 1999 | 3,128 | +1.06% |
| 2007 | 3,662 | +1.99% |
| 2012 | 3,967 | +1.61% |
| 2017 | 4,280 | +1.53% |
| 2023 | 4,386 | +0.41% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Décret du 13 mai 1987 portant changement de nom de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0154, 5 July 1987, p. 7359.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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