Villenave-d'Ornon
Villenave d'Ornon | |
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 The church in Villenave-d'Ornon | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Villenave d'Ornon | |
  Villenave d'Ornon Location within France  Villenave d'Ornon Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Coordinates: 44°46′50″N 0°33′57″W / 44.7806°N 0.5658°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
| Canton | Villenave-d'Ornon |
| Intercommunality | Bordeaux Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Michel Poignonec[1] |
Area 1 | 21.26 km2 (8.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 42,545 |
| • Density | 2,001/km2 (5,183/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33550 /33140 |
| Elevation | 3–41 m (9.8–134.5 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Villenave d’Ornon (French pronunciation: [vilnav dɔʁnɔ̃]; Gascon: Vilanava d’Ornon) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is located to its south side. Thus, it is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole. Villenave-d'Ornon station has rail connections to Langon and Bordeaux.
Geography
[edit]Bordering towns of Villenave d'Ornon on the left bank of the Garonne River include Bègles to the north, Cadaujac to the south, Léognan to the south-west, Gradignan to the west, and Talence to the north-west. About 500 meters away, across the right bank of the Garonne, Villenave d'Ornon is bordered by Latresne to the east and Camblanes-et-Maynac to the south-east.
History
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The Hôtel de Ville is the former Château de Canteloup which was completed in 1777.[3]
Population
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Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]Villenave-d'Ornon is twinned with:[6]
Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany (1982)
Torres Vedras, Portugal (1992)
Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom (1994)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ "Histoire de Villenave-d'Ornon". Association de Recherches Historiques de l'Ornon. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villenave-d'Ornon, EHESS (in French).
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
- ↑ "Relations internationales et jumelage". villenavedornon.fr (in French). Villenave-d'Ornon. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
External links
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- Official website (in French)
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