Vayres, Gironde
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| Coordinates: 44°53′53″N 0°18′47″W / 44.8981°N 0.3131°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Libourne |
| Canton | Le Libournais-Fronsadais |
| Intercommunality | CA Libournais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Legrand[1] |
| Area 1 | 14.46 km2 (5.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 4,204 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33539 /33870 |
| Elevation | 2–39 m (6.6–128.0 ft) (avg. 12 m or 39 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vayres (French pronunciation: [vɛjʁ]; Occitan: Vairas) is a commune in the Arrondissement of Libourne, in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Etymology[edit]
The name Vayres comes from Varatedo, the property of someone named Varus during the Gallo-Roman period.[3]
In 1060 the parish of Sanctus Johannes de Vayras is attested and the area is mentioned again in the 13th and 14th centuries.[4]
Population[edit]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,845 | — |
| 1975 | 2,295 | +3.17% |
| 1982 | 2,361 | +0.41% |
| 1990 | 2,491 | +0.67% |
| 1999 | 2,631 | +0.61% |
| 2007 | 3,215 | +2.54% |
| 2012 | 3,543 | +1.96% |
| 2017 | 3,956 | +2.23% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Location[edit]
Vayres is located in the Entre-deux-Mers natural region of France on the left bank of the Dordogne, in the Bordeaux attraction area making it a satellite village of Bordeaux and the nearby town of Libourne. Despite Vayre's location 70 km from the Atlantic cost, the village still gets waves on the Dordogne through a process known as Tidal bores.
Vayres is located 6.6 km west of Libourne, 12.4 km south-west of Saint-Émilion and 21.5 km north-east of Bordeaux. The village in the proximity of Vayres on the left bank are: Arveyres to the south-east, Saint-Germain-du-Puch to the south, Beychac-et-Caillau to the south-west, Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac to the west and Izon to the north. And on the right bank are: Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac to the north-east and Fronsac to the east.[6]
Transportation[edit]
The commune is accessible via exit number 7 titled "Vayres et Izon" (Vayres and Izon) and exit number 8 titled "Vayres, Arveyres, Saint-Germain-du-Puch et Libourne" (Vayres, Arveyres, Saint-Germain-du-Puch and Libourne) on the A89 autoroute.
By rail[edit]
The line Paris-Austerlitz to Bordeaux-Saint-Jean passes through Vayres stopping at "Gare de Vayres" (Vayres rainway station).
Sights[edit]
- The Château de Vayres (Vayres Castle) was remodeled by the 16th-century French engineer Louis de Foix, deceased 1611.[7]
The castle was sold in 1583 by King Henry IV of Navarre largely ruined, to Ogier de Gourgue, in charge of the treasury of Guyenne, a friend of philosopher and political thinker Michel de Montaigne. Ogier de Gourge commissioned a well-known architect, Louis de Foix, who was building the Cordouan lighthouse and had worked for a few years for the king of Spain Philip II.
History[edit]
Vayres has been inhabited since antiquity. It was located on the Roman road that connected Burdigala, now Bordeaux to Vesunna, now Périgueux. At the time it was a camp and market but gradually developed due to its location on a rocky outcrop overlooking the confluence between the Gestas and the Dordogne on which the castle was built. Vayres was a Barony, then a Marquisat where the Seigneurs were rich and powerful. The first written records of the Seigneurs of Vayres were the statements of various donations (Frenchs: états de donations diverses), written between 1060 and 1086. In the 11th century the Seigneurs from the Gombaud family owned Vayres and Lesparre-Médoc. An archbishop of Bordeaux also had this name at the end of the 10th century. During the French Revolution the parish of Saint-Jean de Vayres became the commune of Vayres.[8]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Dupuy, Michèle. Les grandes heures de l'Aquitaine (in French).
- ^ "Visites en Aquitaine - Région Aquitaine" (in French). Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Géoportail". www.geoportail.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Château de Vayres". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Historique des communes". GAEL (Gironde Archives en ligne). p. 67.
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