Fronsac (wine)
Fronsac is the name or part of the name of the following communes in France: * Fronsac, Gironde, in the Gironde department * Fronsac, Haute-Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne department * La Lande-de-Fronsac, in the Gironde department * Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac, in the Gironde department * Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac (, literally ''Saint-Michel of Fronsac''; oc, Sent Miquèu de Fronsac) is a commune in the Gironde department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific ...

Fronsac, Gironde
Fronsac (; oc, Fronçac) is a commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. The town gave its name to the Fronsac AOC wine. Geography The commune is situated in the and is bordered on the south by the river Dordogne and on the east by the river Isle, which separates it from Libourne. Fronsac is 40 km northeast of Bordeaux and 5 km northwest of Libourne and the Saint-Émilion and Pomerol appellations. History Fronsac's mound owes its history to its privileged position. It was the site of the Gauls' market, the Romans erected an altar there, and Charlemagne built a fortified camp on the mound ("Franciacus") in 769, where the Basques led by duke Lupo came to pledge allegiance to the Frankish King after Aquitaine's submission. In 849, Fronsac was pillaged by Hasting, the chief of the Vikings. The Marechal of Richelieu had a "''folly''" built there, to an extravagant architectural design, where he held courtly entertain ...
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Fronsac, Haute-Garonne
Fronsac () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is situated on the former Route nationale 618, the "Route of the Pyrenees". Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes of the French department of Haute-Garonne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{HauteGaronne-geo-stub ...
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La Lande-de-Fronsac
La Lande-de-Fronsac (; oc, La Landa de Fronsac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gironde department The following is a list of the 535 communes of the Gironde department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Gironde {{Gironde-geo-stub ...
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Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac
Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gironde department The following is a list of the 535 Communes of France, communes of the Gironde Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020):