Monségur (the Gironde)

See also: Monségur

Monségur is a common French, located in the department of the the Gironde and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

Located in the Guyenne, the commune is crossed by the Dropt

History

The July 31st and the 1562, at the time of the wars of religion, seat and taken city by Blaise de Montluc, with the head of the royal army and the catholics; all the Protestant defenders are massacred.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

The market of the 19th century, very good example of harmonization enters the cast iron and glass, the Gothic and neogothic church, the Tower of the Gothic Governor of style Tudor, the houses with wood sides

Personalities related to the commune

  • Joseph Lavergne de Guilleragues, ambassador of Louis XIV with Constantinople.
  • Marcel Issartier, founder of the Airport of Bordeaux-Mérignac.

See too

  • Common of the Gironde

External bonds

  • Monségur on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Monségur on the site of INSEE
  • Monségur on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Monségur on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Monségur on Mapquest

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