Le Puy, Gironde

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Le Puy

(2020–2026) Joël Le Houarner^[1]Area

8.15 km² (3.15 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

398 • Density49/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

33345 /33580

Elevation18–115 m (59–377 ft)
(avg. 27 m or 89 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Puy (French pronunciation: [lə pɥi]; Gascon: Lo Puèi) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Le Puy lies 65 km (40 mi) from Bordeaux on the intersection of the D15 and the D16 and 1 km (0.62 mi) from Monségur across the river Dropt.

Economy

The economy is agricultural, with wheat, sunflowers and soya being grown in recent years to complement the more traditional plums and tobacco.

The locality produces the famous Entre deux mers wine.

Mill reservoirs can provide good fishing for roach, carp and pike.

The region is well known for its cèpes (boletus mushroom).

Geography

The town lies in the Dropt basin which covers nearly 1,500 km² (580 sq mi) in Guyenne, from Quercy to the Bordelais. The river is an affluent of the right bank of the Gironde.

The alluvial plain of the Dropt is characterized by boulbène (a soil composed of clay and sand) terraces, rising to foothills of molasse (chalky sandstone sedimentary deposits) with a few hillocks or the edges of chalky plateaus.

History

The town was a halting place on the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.

The Sisters of St. Joseph were founded in Le Puy in 1650 by Jesuit Priest Jean Pierre Medaille.

The town lost 10 soldiers during World War I.^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	372	—
1968	366	−1.6%
1975	309	−15.6%
1982	257	−16.8%
1990	281	+9.3%
1999	290	+3.2%
2008	393	+35.5%

Its inhabitants are known as Puylots.

Sights

Valley of the Dropt industrial dairy 1945. Manufactures butter and milk powder;
Archives record three windmills at Saint-Batz;
Parish church of Saint Anne;
Friday market in Monségur, a 13th-century bastide (walled town).

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Le Puy, Mémorial GenWeb

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Le Puy (Gironde).

All sites in French, unless otherwise indicated:

Valley of the Dropt
Financial Data for Le Puy from the Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry
Tax information for Le Puy (in English)
Base Mérimée: Search for heritage in the commune, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
Le Puy on Villorama site
Le Puy on the Cassini map