Mérignac, Gironde

Mérignac
Castle of Bourran
Mérignac
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Mérignac-1 Mérignac-2
Intercommunality	Bordeaux
Mayor	Michel Sainte-Marie (PS) (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	12–53 m (39–174 ft)
Land area1	48.17 km2 (18.60 sq mi)
Population2	66,095  (2008)
- Density	1,372 /km2 (3,550 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33281/ 33700
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 44°50′19″N 0°38′37″W / 44.838611°N 0.643611°W / 44.838611; -0.643611

Mérignac (French pronunciation: [meʁiɲak]) is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

It is the largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux and is adjacent to it on the west. It is a member of the metropolitan Urban Community of Bordeaux.

Mérignac is the site of Bordeaux International Airport.

Etymology

The name Mérignac derives from the gallo-roman word Matriniacus, name of a villa rustica (countryside villa) that was the origin of the today town.

Population

Historical population of Mérignac, Gironde

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
2511	2427	3039	2764	3097	3034	3276	3264	3648	3910

1861	1866	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906	1911
4284	4450	4967	5167	5735	6159	6713	7052	7421	7594

1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968
9515	11,939	15,363	17,034	21,417	23,050	32,355	45,951

1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
50,652	51,306	57,273	61,992	66,095

Sights

• Tour de Veyrines : Veyrines Dungeon.
• Château Bourran : Bourran Castle
• Château Le Burck : Le Burck Castle
• Château aka Maison Noble du Parc or d'Espagne : Parc Castle or Spain Castle
• Fontaine d'Arlac : Arlac Fountain
• Immeuble Gillet : Gillet Building
• La glacière : the icehouse
• La veille église : the old roman church
• Maison carrée d'Arlac : Arlac squarred house

Parks and gardens

• Parc de Bourran :
• Bois du Burck : Burck wood
• Parc de Mérignac :
• Parc Saint-Exupéry :
• Parc du Vivier :

See also

• Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac
• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official website