Villeneuve-sur-Lo [1] [2] [3] ( fr. Villeneuve-sur-Lot , / vilnœvsyʁ'lɔt /, ox. Vilanuèva d'Òlt ) is a city ( commune ) in the south-west of France . The village is located in the region of Aquitaine . The population of the city according to the mayor's office as of January 1, 2011 (based on INSEE data for the 2008 census) was 24,686 people. [four]
| Commune of France | Commune | |||
| Villeneuve-sur-lo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Villeneuve-sur-lot | |||
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| A country |  France | ||
| Region | Aquitaine | ||
| The Department | Law and Garonne | ||
| The mayor | Patrick Cassany | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Area | 81.32 km² | ||
| Center height | |||
| Timezone | and | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 24,686 people ( 2008 ) | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Postcode | |||
| ville-villeneuve-sur-lot.fr | |||
Nearest major cities: Bordeaux and Toulouse , the distance to each of which is 136 km. The nearest motorway, as well as the nearest TGV train station, is 30 km away.
The main sectors of the economy in the city are agriculture, forestry, and construction and utilities.
Content
City objects
In the city are located:
- public institutions of preschool and primary school education for 6 kindergarten groups (maternelles), 10 - school (élémentaires)
- 2 public colleges and 1 lyceum
- 1 vocational school (lycée d'enseignement professionnel)
- a number of private educational institutions (2 elementary schools, 1 college, 1 lyceum, 1 agricultural school, 1 school- center de formation d'apprentis )
- 7 churches and chapels
- mosque
- theater (Théâtre Georges-Leygues)
- museum (Musée de Gajac)
- music school attended by about 850 students
- art school
- house of culture
- cinema
- 2 entertainment centers
- 3 "maisons de quartiers"
- Prison Center de détention d'Eysses for 320 prisoners
- sports complex.
Famous Natives
- Maze, Julien (born 1981) - a cyclist
- For example, Karl (born 1982) - a cyclist
- Sane, Louis (born 1987) - Senegalese footballer
- Taglier, Jacques (1700-1778) - French abbot, historian of the Church
Notes
- ↑ France // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 1999; open Ed .: T.G. Novikova , T.M. Vorobyova . - 3rd ed., Eras., Fr. in 2002 with diaposes. 1999 - M .: Roskartografiya, 2002. - S. 68-69. - ISBN 5-85120-055-3 .
- ↑ France. Monaco: Reference card / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2000; ch. ed. N. N. Polunkina; ed. N.N. Ryumin, N.R. Valshakova. - 1: 1,500,000, 15 km per 1 cm. - M., 2000 (M .: PKO "Cartography").
- ↑ Villeneuve-sur-Lo // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / ed. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 76.
- ↑ Villeneuve en chiffres Archived September 11, 2012 on the Wayback Machine on the city hall website
Links
- City Hall website
- Villeneuve-sur-Lot on GeoNames