Puisseguin
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Chateau of Monbadon
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Puisseguin  | |
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| Coordinates: 44°55′28″N 0°04′19″W / 44.9244°N 0.0719°W / 44.9244; -0.0719 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Libourne |
| Canton | Le Nord-Libournais |
| Intercommunality | Grand Saint-Émilionnais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean Michel Pasquon[1] |
| Area
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| 17.25 km2 (6.66 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 815 |
| • Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
33342 /33570
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| Elevation | 38–108 m (125–354 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Puisseguin (French pronunciation: [pɥisɡɛ̃]; Occitan: Puègseguin) is a commune in the Gironde departmentinNouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is around 15 km east of Libourne.
In October 2015, 43 people died in a crash between a bus and a lorry.[3]
Located in the Pays du Libournais.
The neighboring towns are Lussac in the north, Tayac in the extreme north-east for about 250 meters, Saint-Cibard to the East, Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguille at the South-East, Saint-Genès-de-Castillon at the South and Montagne in the west.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1962 | 1,209 | — |
| 1968 | 1,215 | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 1,165 | −4.1% |
| 1982 | 1,107 | −5.0% |
| 1990 | 1,038 | −6.2% |
| 1999 | 924 | −11.0% |
| 2008 | 880 | −4.8% |
| 2012 | 861 | −2.2% |
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