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Monségur is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Monségur and the arrondissement of Langon. It serves as the capital of its canton and is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The municipality borders Dieulivol, Cours-de-Monségur, Le Puy, and Sainte-Gemme. Its postal code is 33580, and it is associated with the electoral district of canton of Le Réolais et Les Bastides.
The commune covers an area of 9.91 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1,630 residents (730 male and 854 female) and another citing 1,558. Elevation data also differs, with one source recording 111 meters above sea level and another indicating 68 meters. The official name of the locality is Monségur.
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Place details
- Locality
- Monségur
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,558
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Gironde
- Arrondissement
- Langon
- Canton
- Le Réolais et Les Bastides
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Patrick Debruyne
- Area
- 9.91 km (3.83 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 1,579
- Density
- 159/km (413/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 33289 /33580
- Elevation
- 17–111 m (56–364 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Monségur
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Langon
- Population
- 1598
- Area
- 9.91
- Elevation
- 63
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Capital of
- canton of Monségur
- Shares border with
- Sainte-Gemme
- Official website
- www.mairie.monsegur.eu
- Image
- Monségur (Gironde), arcadenplein.JPG
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- Commons category
- Monségur (Gironde)
- postal code
- 33580
- different from
- Monségur
- associated electoral district
- canton of Le Réolais et Les Bastides
- male population
- 730
- female population
- 854
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-56-61-60-12
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Encyclopedic overview
Monségur ( French pronunciation: [mɔ̃seɡyʁ]; Occitan: Montsegur) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Monségur is a bastide town, about 75 km (47 mi) upriver from Bordeaux in the low rolling vineyard country between the rivers Garonne in the South and the Dordogne in the North. The town was founded by charter by Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1265, and its name means hill of safety.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monségur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.