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Villenave d’Ornon (; Gascon: ''Vilanava d’Ornon'') is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the Gironde department in
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in southwestern
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. It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of
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, and is located to its south side. Thus, it is a member of the
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.
Villenave-d'Ornon station Villenave-d'Ornon is a railway station in Villenave-d'Ornon near Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The station is located on the Bordeaux–Sète railway line. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by SNCF The Société na ...
has rail connections to Langon and Bordeaux.


Population


Twin towns – sister cities

Villenave-d'Ornon is twinned with: * Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany (1982) *
Torres Vedras Torres Vedras () is a municipality in the Portuguese district of Lisbon, approximately north of the capital Lisbon in the Oeste region, in the Centro of Portugal. The population was 83,075, in an area of . History In 1148, Afonso I took ...
, Portugal (1992) *
Bridgend Bridgend (; cy, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea. The town is named after the medieval bridge over the River Og ...
, Wales, United Kingdom (1994)


See also

*
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