Lesparre-Médoc

Lesparre-Médoc
Lesparre-Médoc
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Lesparre-Médoc
Mayor	Bernard Guiraud (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	7–34 m (23–112 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft)
Land area1	36.97 km2 (14.27 sq mi)
Population2	5,394  (2008)
- Density	146 /km2 (380 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33240/ 33340
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lesparre-Médoc (Occitan: L'Esparra) is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Geography

Lesparre is on the Médoc peninsula about 80 km north of Bordeaux.

History

In the High Middle Ages it was the site of castle. The troubadour Aimeric de Belenoi was born here.

Population

Historical population of Lesparre-Médoc

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	818	800	919	950	1232	1404	1521	1605	1677	3482

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	3633	3726	3656	3794	4145	4059	3972	4038	3959	3840

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975
Population	3699	3267	3419	3422	3219	3101	3378	3443	3563	3814

Year	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	4217	4661	4855	5394

International relations

Lesparre is twinned with Drayton in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England.

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE