Libourne

Town hall

Coat of arms

Libourne

Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

Libourne

Coordinates: 44°55′N 0°14′W / 44.92°N 0.24°WCoordinates: 44°55′N 0°14′W / 44.92°N 0.24°W

Country

Libourne

Libournais

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Philippe Buisson (PS)

Area¹

20.63 km² (7.97 sq mi)

Population (2012)²

23,736

• Density

1,200/km² (3,000/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

33243 / 33600

Elevation

2–28 m (6.6–91.9 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 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.

Libourne (French pronunciation: [libuʁn]; Gascon: Liborna pronounced [liˈbuɾnɔ]) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol.

Libourne is located at the confluence of the Isle and Dordogne rivers.

In 1270, Leybornia was founded as a bastide by Roger de Leybourne (of Leybourne, Kent), an English seneschal of Gascony, under the authority of King Edward I of England. It suffered considerably in the struggles of the French and English for the possession of Gironde in the 14th century, and joined France in the 15th century.

In December 1854 John Stuart Mill passed through Libourne, remarking "I stopped at Libourne as I intended & had a walk about it this morning quite the best thing there is the bridge of the Dordogne, the view from which is really fine".

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