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Lesparre

Lesparre-Médoc
Subprefecture and commune
Eglise Saint-Trelody, Lesparre.jpg
Coat of arms of Lesparre-Médoc
Coat of arms
Lesparre-Médoc is located in France
Lesparre-Médoc
Lesparre-Médoc
Coordinates: 45°18′28″N 0°56′11″W / 45.3078°N 0.9364°W / 45.3078; -0.9364Coordinates: 45°18′28″N 0°56′11″W / 45.3078°N 0.9364°W / 45.3078; -0.9364
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Lesparre-Médoc
Canton Le Nord-Médoc
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Bernard Guiraud
Area1 36.97 km2 (14.27 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 5,394
 • Density 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 33240 /33340
Elevation 7–34 m (23–112 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lesparre-Médoc (French pronunciation: ​[lɛspaʁ medɔk]; Occitan: L'Esparra) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Lesparre is on the Médoc peninsula about 80 km north of Bordeaux.

In the High Middle Ages it was the site of castle. The troubadour Aimeric de Belenoi was born here.

Lesparre is twinned with Drayton in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England.


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