Langon (; oc, Lengon) is a commune in the

Gironde Gironde ( US usually, , ; oc, Gironda, ) is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary, a major waterway, its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019, it had a population of 1, ...

department in

Nouvelle-Aquitaine Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...

in southwestern

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. Langon serves as the seat of its district, canton and subprefecture. Its inhabitants are called ''Langonnais''.

Geography

Langon is in the northern part of the department southeast of

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...

on the left bank of the

Garonne The Garonne (, also , ; Occitan, Catalan, Basque, and es, Garona, ; la, Garumna or ) is a river of southwest France and northern Spain. It flows from the central Spanish Pyrenees to the Gironde estuary at the French port of Bordeaux – a ...

river. It lies near the border between a wine-growing region (Premières côtes de Bordeaux) and the forest of Landes.

Population

Notable people born in Langon

Louis Beaulieu Louis Beaulieu (8 October 1840, Langon – decapitated 8 March 1866 at age 25) in Korea, was one of the priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Society who was among the 103 Korean Martyrs. Beaulieu was ordinated on the 21 of May 1864, and lef ...

(1840–1866), catholic priest, martyr in Korea *

Thomas Boudat Thomas Boudat (born 24 February 1994) is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. Major results Track ;2011 : National Junior Championships ::2n ...

Caroline Delas Caroline Delas (born 27 February 1980 in Langon, Gironde) is a female competition rower from France. A silver medal winner at the 2005 Mediterranean Games she represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; ...

Louis Ducos du Hauron Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ...

* Benjamin Fall *

Martine Faure Martine Faure (born 30 September 1948) was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the Gironde department, as a member of the Socialist Party. She was the deputy for Gironde's 9th constituency from 2007 to 2012 and, aft ...

Édouard Lafargue Édouard Edmond Lafargue (1803 in Langon – 1 February 1884 in Paris) was a French playwright. His plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique, ...

Pierre de La Montagne Pierre de La Montagne (1755, Langon – c. 1825) was an 18th–19th-century French playwright, poet and translator. Prior to the French Revolution, the baron of La Montagne was correspondent of the Museum of Bordeaux then a member of the . From ...

* Pierre Lees-Melou *

Raymond Oliver Raymond Oliver (27 March 1909 – 5 November 1990) was a French chef and owner of Le Grand Véfour restaurant in Paris, one of France's great historical restaurants. Oliver detested ''nouvelle cuisine'', preferring the rich ingredients favored by ...

Jean Sentuary Jean Sentuary was a French civil servant who was governor of the island of Bourbon (now known as La Réunion) in the southwest Indian Ocean in the mid 18th century. He at first served as its procurer general, then became governor of the colony be ...

Patrick Zygmanowski Patrick Zygmanowski (born 1970 in Langon) is a French classical pianist and piano teacher.Patrick Zy ...

(born in 1970), classical pianist

Transport

Traditionally it was a stop on the Bordeaux-

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. The city is on t ...

route; the city is now served by the Entre-Deux-Mers autoroute. ( A62 Bordeaux-Toulouse).

Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit The ''Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit'' is a water and road route that has been created in order to allow the transport of the outsize structural sections of the Airbus A380 airliner from their point of manufacture to Toulouse for final assembly. Th ...

Langon is also a pivotal point in the

Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit The ''Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit'' is a water and road route that has been created in order to allow the transport of the outsize structural sections of the Airbus A380 airliner from their point of manufacture to Toulouse for final assembly. Th ...

, the waterway and road route constructed to allow the transportation of the fuselage sections and wings of the Airbus A380 airliner to the final assembly point in Toulouse. These components are brought to Langon by barge, where they are transferred at a specially constructed dock to outsize road vehicles. These then proceed in convoy via an indirect southerly route to Toulouse. The crane used to unload the barges. Langon crane

Rail

Langon station has rail connections ( TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) to Agen, Marmande and Bordeaux. Langon railway station

Bus

Buses at Langon are operated under the banner of the Nouvelle Aquitaine regional transport authority. Their website for buses in the area is https://transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr/cars-regionaux/reseau-et-horaires/gironde Route / Line 501 connects Langon with Bordeaux along the D10 road, via Cadillac,Langoiran and Cambes, on the opposite bank of the river to the railway. Routes 511 and 512 serve villages to the south and southeast.

Sights

* Château de Respide *

Château de Roquetaillade The Château de Roquetaillade () is a castle in Mazères (near Bordeaux), in the French ''département'' of Gironde. History Charlemagne, on his way to the Pyrenees with Roland, built the first fortification there. Of this old castle, nothing r ...