Le Puy (French pronunciation: [lə pɥi]; Gascon: Lo Puèi) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Le Puy
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Le Puy
Location of Le Puy
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Le Puy is located in France
Le Puy
Le Puy
Le Puy is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Le Puy
Le Puy
Coordinates: 44°39′43″N 0°04′26″E / 44.6619°N 0.0739°E / 44.6619; 0.0739
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementLangon
CantonLe Réolais et Les Bastides
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Joël Le Houarner[1]
Area
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8.15 km2 (3.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
398
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33345 /33580
Elevation18–115 m (59–377 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Puy lies 65 km (40 mi) from Bordeaux on the intersection of the D15 and the D16 and 1 km (0.62 mi) from Monségur across the river Dropt.

Economy

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The economy is agricultural, with wheat, sunflowers and soya being grown in recent years to complement the more traditional plums and tobacco.

 
Church Sainte-Anne of Le Puy
 
Town hall of Le Puy

The locality produces the famous Entre deux mers wine.

Mill reservoirs can provide good fishing for roach, carp and pike.

The region is well known for its cèpes (boletus mushroom).

Geography

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The town lies in the Dropt basin which covers nearly 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) in Guyenne, from Quercy to the Bordelais. The river is an affluent of the right bank of the Gironde.

The alluvial plain of the Dropt is characterized by boulbène (a soil composed of clay and sand) terraces, rising to foothills of molasse (chalky sandstone sedimentary deposits) with a few hillocks or the edges of chalky plateaus.

History

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The town was a halting place on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

The Sisters of St. Joseph were founded in Le Puy in 1650 by Jesuit Priest Jean Pierre Medaille.

The town lost 10 soldiers during World War I.[3]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962372—    
1968366−1.6%
1975309−15.6%
1982257−16.8%
1990281+9.3%
1999290+3.2%
2008393+35.5%

Its inhabitants are known as Puylots.

Sights

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  • Valley of the Dropt industrial dairy 1945. Manufactures butter and milk powder;
  • Archives record three windmills at Saint-Batz;
  • Parish church of Saint Anne;
  • Friday market in Monségur, a 13th-century bastide (walled town).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Le Puy, Mémorial GenWeb
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