Pauillac is a municipality in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The city is mid-way between Bordeaux and the Pointe de Grave, along the Gironde, the largest estuary in western Europe.
Royan is a commune and town in the south-west of France, in the department of Charente-Maritime in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Capital of the Côte de Beauté, Royan is one of the main French Atlantic coastal resort towns, and has five beaches, a marina for over 1,000 boats, and an active fishing port. As of 2013, the population of the greater urban area was 48,982. The town had 19,029 inhabitants in 2021.
Le Puy is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Blaye is a commune and subprefecture in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. For centuries, Blaye was a particularly convenient crossing point for those who came from the north and went to Bordeaux or further south, to Spain and Portugal. Fortified since antiquity, this eminently strategic site located on the bank of a large river, was modernized at the end of the 17th century, thanks to Vauban. In 1685, the Commissaire general des fortifications of Louis XIV proposed the construction of a real lock on the Gironde in order to "take control of the river" and to hold Bordeaux in case of a revolt. It is then that the citadel of Blaye was built, constituting the major element of the estuary control system. Dominating the urban landscape, this imposing building has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008, as part of a group of structures engineered by Vauban, in testimony to their global influence on military architecture and planning over the next few centuries.
Saint-Macaire is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is the site of the Château de Tardes. Saint-Macaire station has rail connections to Agen, Langon and Bordeaux.
The Arrondissement of Blaye is an arrondissement of France in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 62 communes. Its population is 90,090 (2016), and its area is 782.4 km2 (302.1 sq mi).
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Talmont-sur-Gironde is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
Lacanau is a commune in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Lacanau is a surfing area.
Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Côme is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Exupéry is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Saint-Médard-d'Eyrans station has rail connections to Langon and Bordeaux.
Saint-Palais is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Paul is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Savin is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Gervais is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Sauveur is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Saint-Laurent-des-Combes is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Mérignac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The 20th-century historian Robert Étienne (1921–2009) was born in Mérignac.
