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Vayres, Gironde

Coordinates: 44°53′53″N 0°18′47″W / 44.8981°N 0.3131°W / 44.8981; -0.3131
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Vayres
Chateau
Chateau
Coat of arms of Vayres
Location of Vayres
Map
Vayres is located in France
Vayres
Vayres
Vayres is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Vayres
Vayres
Coordinates: 44°53′53″N 0°18′47″W / 44.8981°N 0.3131°W / 44.8981; -0.3131
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementLibourne
CantonLe Libournais-Fronsadais
IntercommunalityCA Libournais
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jacques Legrand[1]
Area
1
14.46 km2 (5.58 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
4,204
 • Density290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33539 /33870
Elevation2–39 m (6.6–128.0 ft)
(avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vayres (French pronunciation: [vɛjʁ]; Occitan: Vairas) is a commune in the Arrondissement of Libourne, in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Etymology

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The name Vayres comes from Varatedo, the property of someone named Varus during the Gallo-Roman period.[3]

In 1060 the parish of Sanctus Johannes de Vayras is attested and the area is mentioned again in the 13th and 14th centuries.[4]

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 1,845—    
1975 2,295+3.17%
1982 2,361+0.41%
1990 2,491+0.67%
1999 2,631+0.61%
2007 3,215+2.54%
2012 3,543+1.96%
2017 3,956+2.23%
Source: INSEE[5]

Location

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Vayres is located in the Entre-deux-Mers natural region of France on the left bank of the Dordogne, in the Bordeaux attraction area making it a satellite village of Bordeaux and the nearby town of Libourne. Despite Vayre's location 70 km from the Atlantic cost, the village still gets waves on the Dordogne through a process known as Tidal bores.

Vayres is located 6.6 km west of Libourne, 12.4 km south-west of Saint-Émilion and 21.5 km north-east of Bordeaux. The village in the proximity of Vayres on the left bank are: Arveyres to the south-east, Saint-Germain-du-Puch to the south, Beychac-et-Caillau to the south-west, Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac to the west and Izon to the north. And on the right bank are: Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac to the north-east and Fronsac to the east.[6]

Transportation

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The commune is accessible via exit number 7 titled "Vayres et Izon" (Vayres and Izon) and exit number 8 titled "Vayres, Arveyres, Saint-Germain-du-Puch et Libourne" (Vayres, Arveyres, Saint-Germain-du-Puch and Libourne) on the A89 autoroute.

By rail

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The line Paris-Austerlitz to Bordeaux-Saint-Jean passes through Vayres stopping at "Gare de Vayres" (Vayres rainway station).

Sights

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Aerial view of the chateau

The castle was sold in 1583 by King Henry IV of Navarre largely ruined, to Ogier de Gourgue, in charge of the treasury of Guyenne, a friend of philosopher and political thinker Michel de Montaigne. Ogier de Gourge commissioned a well-known architect, Louis de Foix, who was building the Cordouan lighthouse and had worked for a few years for the king of Spain Philip II.

History

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Vayres has been inhabited since antiquity. It was located on the Roman road that connected Burdigala, now Bordeaux to Vesunna, now Périgueux. At the time it was a camp and market but gradually developed due to its location on a rocky outcrop overlooking the confluence between the Gestas and the Dordogne on which the castle was built. Vayres was a Barony, then a Marquisat where the Seigneurs were rich and powerful. The first written records of the Seigneurs of Vayres were the statements of various donations (Frenchs: états de donations diverses), written between 1060 and 1086. In the 11th century the Seigneurs from the Gombaud family owned Vayres and Lesparre-Médoc. An archbishop of Bordeaux also had this name at the end of the 10th century. During the French Revolution the parish of Saint-Jean de Vayres became the commune of Vayres.[8]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ Dupuy, Michèle. Les grandes heures de l'Aquitaine (in French).
  4. ^ "Visites en Aquitaine - Région Aquitaine" (in French). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ "Géoportail". www.geoportail.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Château de Vayres". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Historique des communes". GAEL (Gironde Archives en ligne). p. 67.
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