Le Puy, Gironde
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Le Puy
|commune status = Commune
|image = Le Puy 33 Mairie.jpg
|caption = Town hall
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Le Puy (Gironde).svg
|arrondissement = Langon
|canton = Le Réolais et Les Bastides
|INSEE = 33345
|postal code = 33580
|term = 2020–2026
|coordinates = {{coord|44.6619|0.0739|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 27
|elevation min m = 18
|elevation max m = 115
|area km2 = 8.15
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Le Puy ({{IPA|fr|lə pɥi}}; {{langx|oc-gascon|Lo Puèi}}) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Le Puy lies {{convert|65|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Bordeaux on the intersection of the D15 and the D16 and {{convert|1|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Monségur across the river Dropt.
Economy
The economy is agricultural, with wheat, sunflowers and soya being grown in recent years to complement the more traditional plums and tobacco.
File:Le Puy 33 Église Sainte-Anne 01.jpg
The locality produces the famous [http://www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/monsegur.htm 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
The town lies in the Dropt basin which covers nearly {{convert|1500|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} 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
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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022846/http://www.memorial-genweb.org/html/fr/resultcommune.php3?id_source=508&ntable=bp01 Le Puy], Mémorial GenWeb
Population
{{Historical populations
|align=left
|1962|372
|1968|366
|1975|309
|1982|257
|1990|281
|1999|290
|2008|393
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Its inhabitants are known as Puylots.
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Sights
- 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
References
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External links
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All sites in French, unless otherwise indicated:
- [http://w3.valleedudropt.com/ Valley of the Dropt]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005622/http://alize2.finances.gouv.fr/communes/tableau.asp?icom=345&dep=033&type=BPS¶m=0 Financial Data for Le Puy from the Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry]
- [http://www.taxe.com/rwtax_eng/DMN~0_QueryID~33345_step~3.htm Tax information for Le Puy (in English)]
- {{Search Mérimée|33345}}
- [http://www.villorama.com/le-puy-33345.htm Le Puy on Villorama site]
- [http://www.gencom.org:2325/cgi-bin/Communes/Cgi/cassini.cgi?CARTE=71&LOCAL=FX%20&INSEE3=33345&NOM=Le%20Puy Le Puy on the Cassini map]
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