Langon, Gironde

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Langon

|commune status = Subprefecture and commune

|image = Langon, Gironde.jpg

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Langon (Gironde).svg

|caption = Langon and the Garonne

|arrondissement = Langon

|canton = Le Sud-Gironde

|INSEE = 33227

|postal code = 33210

|mayor = Jérôme Guillem{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|44.55|-0.25|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 23

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 73

|area km2 = 13.71

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

|image flag=Flag of Langon, Gironde.svg}}

Langon ({{IPA|fr|lɑ̃ɡɔ̃|-|Fr-Paris--Langon.ogg}}; {{langx|oc|Lengon}}) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Langon serves as the seat of its district, canton and subprefecture. Its inhabitants are called Langonnais and Langonnaise.

Geography

Langon is in the southern part of the department {{convert|48|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of Bordeaux on the left bank of the Garonne river. It lies within the wine-growing region of the Graves near the border with the forest of the Landes.

Population

{{Historical populations

|align = none

|cols = 2

|percentages = pagr

|source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|18616|Langon}} and INSEE (1968-2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-33227#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|1793 |3267

|1800 |3208

|1806 |3222

|1821 |2954

|1831 |3566

|1836 |3745

|1841 |3986

|1846 |3896

|1851 |3953

|1856 |4201

|1861 |4114

|1866 |4505

|1872 |4647

|1876 |4740

|1881 |4704

|1886 |4726

|1891 |4733

|1896 |4956

|1901 |4816

|1906 |4836

|1911 |4900

|1921 |4588

|1926 |4731

|1931 |4661

|1936 |4786

|1946 |5177

|1954 |5231

|1962 |5375

|1968 |5356

|1975 |5843

|1982 |5836

|1990 |5842

|1999 |6168

|2007 |7272

|2012 |7404

|2017 |7375

}}

Notable people born in Langon

Louis Beaulieu (1840–1866), catholic priest, martyr in Korea
Thomas Boudat
Caroline Delas
Louis Ducos du Hauron
Benjamin Fall
Martine Faure
Édouard Lafargue
Pierre de La Montagne
Pierre Lees-Melou
David Martimort, economist
Raymond Oliver
Sandrine Revel
Jean Sentuary
Patrick Zygmanowski (born in 1970), classical pianist

Transport

Traditionally it was a stop on the Bordeaux-Toulouse route; the city is now served by the Entre-Deux-Mers autoroute. (A62 Bordeaux-Toulouse).

=[[Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit]]=

Langon is also a pivotal point in the Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit, the waterway and road route constructed to allow the transportation of the fuselage sections and wings of the Airbus A380 airliner to the final assembly point in Toulouse. These components were brought to Langon by barge, where they were transferred at a specially constructed dock to outsize road vehicles.

File:Langon 33 Aile Airbus 01.jpg|Barge at the quay

File:Langon 33 Aile Airbus 02.jpg|Wing leaving the quay

File:Langon 33 Aile Airbus 03.jpg|Transfer to holding compound

These then proceeded in convoy via an indirect southerly route to Toulouse.{{cite news | title = A380 convoys | publisher=IGG.FR | date = 28 October 2007 | url = http://www.igg.fr/ | access-date = 28 October 2007 }}

The imposing crane just downstream of the Airbus quay was built by EDF in 1986 to handle materials for the construction of the nuclear power station at Golfech near Agen. It is still used to handle heavy electrical distribution items such as transformers.[https://www.sudouest.fr/2010/09/28/une-seconde-vie-a-la-grue-197018-629.php Une seconde vie à la grue] de Golfech à Langon (Sud Ouest - in French)

File:Langon Grue Airbus.jpg|The EDF crane

File:Langon - Itinéraire à grand gabarit - 2021 - transformers - 02.jpg|Transformers unloaded

=Rail=

Langon station has rail connections (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) to Bordeaux, Marmande and Agen.

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=Bus=

Buses at Langon are operated under the banner of the Nouvelle Aquitaine regional transport authority. Their website for buses in the area is https://transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr/cars-regionaux/reseau-et-horaires/gironde

Route / Line 501 connects Langon with Bordeaux along the D10 road, via Cadillac-sur-Garonne, Langoiran and Cambes, on the opposite bank of the river to the railway.

Routes 511 and 512 serve villages to the south and southeast.

Sights

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Langon (Cazats) (2002–2020 normals, extremes 2002–present)

|Jan record high C = 20.4

|Feb record high C = 25.2

|Mar record high C = 28.8

|Apr record high C = 30.1

|May record high C = 32.5

|Jun record high C = 40.1

|Jul record high C = 40.4

|Aug record high C = 40.0

|Sep record high C = 38.7

|Oct record high C = 32.1

|Nov record high C = 24.2

|Dec record high C = 20.8

|Jan record low C = -10.0

|Feb record low C = -11.6

|Mar record low C = -9.1

|Apr record low C = -2.5

|May record low C = 0.7

|Jun record low C = 4.9

|Jul record low C = 8.1

|Aug record low C = 8.2

|Sep record low C = 3.7

|Oct record low C = -3.1

|Nov record low C = -6.5

|Dec record low C = -6.4

|Jan high C = 9.6

|Feb high C = 11.2

|Mar high C = 14.9

|Apr high C = 18.2

|May high C = 21.3

|Jun high C = 25.2

|Jul high C = 27.3

|Aug high C = 27.4

|Sep high C = 24.6

|Oct high C = 19.8

|Nov high C = 13.9

|Dec high C = 10.4

| year high C = 18.6

|Jan mean C = 6.3

|Feb mean C = 7.0

|Mar mean C = 10.0

|Apr mean C = 12.9

|May mean C = 15.8

|Jun mean C = 19.6

|Jul mean C = 21.3

|Aug mean C = 21.2

|Sep mean C = 18.5

|Oct mean C = 15.0

|Nov mean C = 10.2

|Dec mean C = 7.1

| year mean C = 13.7

|Jan low C = 3.1

|Feb low C = 2.7

|Mar low C = 5.1

|Apr low C = 7.6

|May low C = 10.4

|Jun low C = 14.0

|Jul low C = 15.3

|Aug low C = 15.1

|Sep low C = 12.5

|Oct low C = 10.2

|Nov low C = 6.4

|Dec low C = 3.7

| year low C = 8.8

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 91.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 63.2

|Mar precipitation mm = 68.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 76.4

|May precipitation mm = 76.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 64.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 41.9

|Aug precipitation mm = 50.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 51.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 70.4

|Nov precipitation mm = 88.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 82.7

|year precipitation mm = 825.5

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 13.6

| Feb precipitation days = 9.8

| Mar precipitation days = 11.7

| Apr precipitation days = 10.8

| May precipitation days = 10.4

| Jun precipitation days = 8.4

| Jul precipitation days = 6.0

| Aug precipitation days = 7.2

| Sep precipitation days = 7.5

| Oct precipitation days = 9.6

| Nov precipitation days = 11.9

| Dec precipitation days = 11.8

| year precipitation days =118.8

|source 1 = Meteociel{{cite web

|url=https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=33116001

|title=Normales et records pour Cazats (33)

|publisher=Meteociel

|access-date=22 November 2024}}}}

References

Category:Communes of Gironde

Category:Gironde communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

Category:Subprefectures in France