Libourne ( Liborna in Gascon Occitan or Languedocien) is a common French, located in the department of the the Gironde and the area Aquitaine. It counts 23.000 inhabitants and 40.000 in his agglomeration, which is part itself of the axis Arcachon-Bordeaux-Libourne, which counts 1.250.000 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are called the Libournais .

Geography

The town of Libourne is with the Confluent Isle and the Dordogne, in the middle of the famous vineyards of Saint Emilion and Pomerol. It is located has 25 min by the highway of the center of Bordeaux wine, has 15 min St loubes (suburbs of Bordeaux) and has 55 min basin of Arcachon

History

In the place of the Roman village of Fozera, the layout of the city is carried out in 1270 par. During years, its name was slightly deformed. It was transformed into Libourne. At the time, its vocation was to be a port for the trade of the Vin.

For the little story, he thinks that the paving of the port is out of English stone transported in the Bateau X which came to seek Vin. Indeed, those Ci not being able to come from England to vacuum, it was necessary to ballast them so that they can sail on the Atlantique.

Libourne belongs to the type of cities built around a place surrounded by arcades to create a Marché, the country house S.

The city was besieged by the French troops in 1652.

Administration

Demography

Economy

Libourne is the seat of the Chamber of commerce and industry of Libourne. It manages the aerodrome of Libourne.

Several large companies have their head office based with Libourne:

• Arena (swimwear) >>> the direction of Arena-France delocalized the 3/19/2007 its production of bathing suit, in particular in China and Greece.

• Ceva Animal Health

Famous characters

• Elie Decazes (Politician)
• Robert Boulin (Politician)
• Jean Freustié (Novelist)
• Eugene Atget (Photographer)
• Ivan Peychès (Academician of Sciences)
• No5el Mamère (Politician and Journalist)
• William Leymergie (Stimulating and Producing of television)
• Jean-Rene Fourtou (business man)
• Jean-Paul Garraud (appointed)
• Michel Roland (oenologist)
• Aimee Tessandier (actress)
• Colonel de Groulard
• Jacques Lacaze

Other personalities related to the city

• General Bernard de Susbielle

Tourist monuments and places

• the school of Gendarmerie which replaces the school of the reserve officers of the service of health of the Armies (remained famous in the memory of called the pharmacists and doctors which made their period of classes there, now dissolved).
• the turn of the large port is one of the last vestiges of the fortifications which protected Libourne since the Moyen-âge.
• the Pont of stones of Libourne is also a splendid testimony of the last rich person of the city.

These monuments are emphasized, and lit the night for the happiness of the tourists and the Livorneses.

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