Podensac

Podensac
Podensac
Commune
	The church in Podensac
	Coat of arms
	Location of Podensac
	Podensac Podensac
	Coordinates: 44°39′07″N 0°21′15″W / 44.6519°N 0.3542°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Langon
Canton	Les Landes des Graves
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Mateille
Area 1	8.34 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Population (2021)	3,285
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33327 /33720
Elevation	2–25 m (6.6–82.0 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Podensac 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.

Population

At the January 2011 census, there were 2,731 inhabitants in the commune.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,663	—
1968	1,823	+9.6%
1975	1,925	+5.6%
1982	2,219	+15.3%
1990	2,261	+1.9%
1999	2,267	+0.3%
2008	2,609	+15.1%

Twin towns

Morengo (Lombardy, Italy; since 2018)^[2]

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.