Podensac

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Podensac

|commune status = Commune

|image = Podensac Église Saint-Vincent 01.jpg

|caption = The church in Podensac

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

|arrondissement = Langon

|canton = Les Landes des Graves

|INSEE = 33327

|postal code = 33720

|mayor = Bernard Mateille{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|coordinates = {{coord|44.6519|-0.3542|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation min m = 2

|elevation max m = 25

|area km2 = 8.34

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

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

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

}}

Podensac ({{IPA|fr|pɔdɛ̃sak}}; {{langx|oc-gascon|Podençac}}) is a commune in the Gironde department. It is located in the famous Bordeaux wine region in Nouvelle-Aquitaine (southwestern France).

Geography

Podensac is located within the Graves vineyards, on the left bank of the Garonne river, 30 km (19 mi) southeast from Bordeaux and 15 km (9 mi) northwest from Langon. Podensac station has rail connections to Langon and Bordeaux.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-33327#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1823

|1975 |1925

|1982 |2219

|1990 |2261

|1999 |2267

|2007 |2600

|2012 |2865

|2017 |3215

}}

Twin towns

{{flagicon|Italy}} Morengo (Lombardy, Italy; since 2018){{Cite web|url=http://www.podensac.fr/z/actualites.php?dsp=1&id=847|title = PODENSAC | Actualités}}

Economy

Lillet company (apéritif made of wine and orange liquor). Lillet is famous for being the drink of James Bond in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace films.
Maison Des Vins de Graves: a winehouse dedicated to the Graves wines.

Main sights

Château d´eau Le Corbusier, a Swiss-French architect (pioneers of what is now called modern architecture) (http://www.fondationlecorbusier.asso.fr/podensac.htm)
Château Chavat: a 1917 castle classified in 2006 as a Monument historique (National Heritage Site of France). It is surrounded by a garden labelled as Remarkable Gardens of France.
Eglise Saint-Vincent: a church classified in 1925 as a Monument historique.
Mascaret (tidal bore): the mascaret is a phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave of water in the Gironde estuary that then travels up the Garonne river.

Podensac Église Saint-Vincent 01.jpg|Eglise Saint-Vincent (avr. 2013)

Podensac Château Chavat 02.jpg|Château Chavat (mars 2012)

Podensac Lillet 01.jpg|Lillet company(avr. 2013)

References

Category:Communes of Gironde