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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Bourg
Commune
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Location of Bourg
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Coordinates: 45°02′27″N 0°33′22″W / 45.0408°N 0.5561°W / 45.0408; -0.5561
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementBlaye
CantonL'Estuaire
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Pierre Joly
Area10.54 km (4.07 sq mi)
Population2,283
 • Density220/km (560/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code33067 /33710
Elevation1–81 m (3.3–265.7 ft)
(avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bourg (French pronunciation: [buʁ] ; Occitan: Borg), also informally known as Bourg-sur-Gironde, is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is part of the Côtes de Bourg wine region. Bourg originated as a fortified villa built by the Roman prefect Pontius Paulinus in the 4th century.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 3,200—    
1800 2,704−2.38%
1806 2,534−1.08%
1821 2,233−0.84%
1831 2,306+0.32%
1836 2,466+1.35%
1841 2,564+0.78%
1846 2,666+0.78%
1851 2,694+0.21%
1856 2,687−0.05%
1861 2,781+0.69%
1866 2,810+0.21%
1872 2,735−0.45%
1876 2,864+1.16%
1881 2,771−0.66%
1886 2,734−0.27%
1891 2,780+0.33%
1896 2,890+0.78%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,832−0.40%
1906 2,688−1.04%
1911 2,555−1.01%
1921 2,470−0.34%
1926 2,334−1.13%
1931 2,306−0.24%
1936 2,182−1.10%
1946 2,057−0.59%
1954 2,199+0.84%
1962 2,518+1.71%
1968 2,560+0.28%
1975 2,318−1.41%
1982 2,107−1.35%
1990 2,158+0.30%
1999 2,115−0.22%
2007 2,209+0.55%
2012 2,141−0.62%
2017 2,243+0.94%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Jullian, Camille (1893). Ausone et Bordeaux. Bordeaux: Imprimerie G. Gounouilhou. pp. 128–9.
  4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bourg, EHESS (in French).
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Communes of the Gironde department


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