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La Brède is a commune in France, situated within the Gironde department and the arrondissement of Bordeaux. It serves as the capital of the canton of la Brède and is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The municipality has an area of 23.28 and a population of 4,672, comprising 2,042 males and 2,238 females. Its postal code is 33650, and it shares borders with Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans, Saint-Morillon, Ayguemorte-les-Graves, and Léognan.
The town is twinned with Viana. According to available data, La Brède has an elevation above sea level of 61, though other sources list an elevation of 19. The official name of the commune is La Brède, also referred to as Labrède.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Brède
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Gironde
- Arrondissement
- Bordeaux
- Canton
- La Brède
- Intercommunality
- Montesquieu
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Michel Dufranc
- Area
- 23.28 km (8.99 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 4,386
- Density
- 188.4/km (488.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 33213 /33650
- Elevation
- 9–61 m (30–200 ft) , (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Mairie de la Brède - Bienvenue sur le site internet de la commune de la Brède
Bienvenue sur le site internet de la commune de la Brède
labrede-montesquieu.fr →Link to the official site · 8,464 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Labrède
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Bordeaux
- Population
- 4386
- Area
- 23.28
- Elevation
- 38
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saucats
- Official website
- www.labrede-montesquieu.fr
- Image
- Chateau la brede.jpg
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- Commons category
- La Brède
- postal code
- 33650
- topic's main category
- Category:La Brède
- associated electoral district
- canton of la Brède
- male population
- 2042
- female population
- 2238
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-57-97-18-58
- twinned administrative body
- Viana
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Encyclopedic overview
La Brède ( French pronunciation: [la bʁɛd]; Occitan: La Brèda, before 1987: Labrede) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
The gothic Château de la Brède was the birthplace and the retreat of Montesquieu, whose library and bedroom are preserved.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Brède” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.