Libourne
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Libourne |
| commune status | Subprefecture and commune |
| image | Libourne Pont de Pierre.jpg |
| caption | Bridge over the Dordogne river |
| image coat of arms | Blason ville fr Libourne (Gironde).svg |
| arrondissement | Libourne |
| canton | Le Libournais-Fronsadais |
| INSEE | 33243 |
| postal code | 33500 |
| mayor | Philippe Buisson |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| party | PS |
| intercommunality | CA Libournais |
| coordinates | |
| elevation m | 15 |
| elevation min m | 2 |
| elevation max m | 28 |
| area km2 | 20.63 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
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Libourne (; ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol.
History
Like other sites at the confluence of important rivers, that of Libourne was appropriated at an early period. Under the Romans a colonia stood rather more than a mile to the south of the present Libourne; it was destroyed during the troubles of the 5th century. Resuscitated by Charlemagne, it was rebuilt in 1269, as Leybornia, and was founded as a bastide by Roger de Leybourne (of Leybourne, Kent), an English seneschal of Gascony, under the authority of King Edward I of England. It suffered considerably in the struggles of the French and English for the possession of Gironde in the Hundred Years' War, and joined France in the 15th century.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Libourne,_vue_depuis_le_tertre_de_Fronsac,_dessin_à_la_plume_d’Herman_Van_der_Hem,vers_1640-_cliché_Bibliothèque_nationale_de_France.jpg" caption="Libourne, view from the mound of Fronsac, pen drawing by Herman Van der Hem, around 1640"] ::
In 1787 the parlement of Bordeaux was exiled to Libourne amid political crises.
In December 1854 John Stuart Mill passed through Libourne, remarking "I stopped at Libourne as I intended & had a walk about it this morning quite the best thing there is the bridge of the Dordogne, the view from which is really fine".The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill Vol XIV, Page 251.
Sights
The Gothic church, restored in the 19th century, has a stone spire 232 ft high. On the quay there is a machicolated clock-tower which is a survival of the defensive walls of the 14th century. The town-house, containing a small museum and a library, is a quaint relic of the 16th century. It is located by the main square, the Place Abel Surchamp, which hosts every weekend one of the largest fresh food market in the region. There is a statue of Élie, duc Decazes, who was born in the region.
Geography
Libourne is located at the confluence of the Isle and Dordogne rivers. Libourne station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Bergerac, Angoulême, Périgueux, Limoges, Brive-la-Gaillarde and Sarlat-la-Canéda.
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Libourne (Saint-Émilion) (1995–2020 normals, extremes 1995–present) |Jan record high C = 18.6 |Feb record high C = 24.7 |Mar record high C = 26.3 |Apr record high C = 30.8 |May record high C = 35.5 |Jun record high C = 39.7 |Jul record high C = 40.9 |Aug record high C = 41.3 |Sep record high C = 37.9 |Oct record high C = 33.0 |Nov record high C = 25.2 |Dec record high C = 19.7 |Jan record low C = -8.3 |Feb record low C = -12.0 |Mar record low C = -9.0 |Apr record low C = -1.8 |May record low C = 2.2 |Jun record low C = 5.6 |Jul record low C = 7.1 |Aug record low C = 6.2 |Sep record low C = 2.9 |Oct record low C = -5.6 |Nov record low C = -8.0 |Dec record low C = -9.7 |Jan high C = 9.9 |Feb high C = 11.6 |Mar high C = 15.4 |Apr high C = 18.6 |May high C = 22.2 |Jun high C = 25.9 |Jul high C = 27.8 |Aug high C = 28.0 |Sep high C = 24.7 |Oct high C = 20.1 |Nov high C = 13.8 |Dec high C = 10.5 | year high C = 19.0 |Jan mean C = 6.6 |Feb mean C = 7.3 |Mar mean C = 10.3 |Apr mean C = 13.1 |May mean C = 16.6 |Jun mean C = 19.8 |Jul mean C = 21.5 |Aug mean C = 21.5 |Sep mean C = 18.2 |Oct mean C = 14.9 |Nov mean C = 9.8 |Dec mean C = 7.1 | year mean C = 13.9 |Jan low C = 3.3 |Feb low C = 3.1 |Mar low C = 5.2 |Apr low C = 7.6 |May low C = 11.0 |Jun low C = 13.8 |Jul low C = 15.1 |Aug low C = 14.9 |Sep low C = 11.8 |Oct low C = 9.6 |Nov low C = 5.8 |Dec low C = 3.6 | year low C = 8.7 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 78.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 61.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 58.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 72.4 |May precipitation mm = 68.1 |Jun precipitation mm = 58.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 47.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 55.2 |Sep precipitation mm = 62.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 61.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 91.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 84.0 |year precipitation mm = 798.1 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 12.5 | Feb precipitation days = 10.4 | Mar precipitation days = 10.6 | Apr precipitation days = 11.2 | May precipitation days = 9.9 | Jun precipitation days = 8.0 | Jul precipitation days = 7.3 | Aug precipitation days = 7.7 | Sep precipitation days = 8.1 | Oct precipitation days = 9.8 | Nov precipitation days = 13.2 | Dec precipitation days = 12.5 | year precipitation days =121.3 |source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web |url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=333940021 |title=Normales et records pour Saint-Émilion (33) |publisher=Meteociel |access-date=22 November 2024}}}}
Population
| align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) | graph-pos = bottom |1793 |9100 |1800 |8076 |1806 |8293 |1821 |8787 |1831 |9838 |1836 |9714 |1841 |9814 |1846 |11813 |1851 |12650 |1856 |13290 |1861 |13565 |1866 |14639 |1872 |14960 |1876 |15231 |1881 |15981 |1886 |16736 |1891 |17867 |1896 |18016 |1901 |19175 |1906 |19323 |1911 |20085 |1921 |18083 |1926 |18453 |1931 |19103 |1936 |19491 |1946 |20166 |1954 |19474 |1962 |19834 |1968 |22123 |1975 |21651 |1982 |22119 |1990 |21012 |1999 |21761 |2007 |23471 |2012 |23736 |2017 |24845
Gallery
Libourne.mairie.jpg|Town hall
Condat Nef 2 IMG 3044-1.jpg|Nave of the Chapelle de Condat
Libourne 33 Porte du Port 2013.jpg|Gate of the Port
Libourne 33 Temple protestant 2013.jpg|Protestant temple
Notable people
- Eugène Atget (1857–1927), French photographer, "Creator and Purveyor of a Collection of Photographic Views of Old France"
- Georges Charles Marius Engerrand (1877–1961), geologist and archaeologist
- Florian Latorre (born 1997), racing driver
- Louis Le Provost de Launay (1850–1912), French deputy and senator
- Jean-Marie Londeix (1932–2025), French saxophonist
- Jean Marcadé (1920–2012), French Hellenist and historian
- Jean-Marie Poumeyrol (born 1946), artist
References
References
- (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- {{EB1911
- Doyle, William. (2018). "[[The Oxford History of the French Revolution]]". Oxford University Press.
- {{Cassini-Ehess. 19449. Libourne
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-33243#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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