Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac
Jau - Dignac -et- Loirac is a commune in the Gironde department in the region of Aquitaine. It lies in the district Lesparre -Médoc and adjoins the northeastern shore of the Gironde. The place consists of three mutually triangular part lying places and is three kilometers away from the river. It has 1037 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) and is equipped with 24 inh. / Km ² one of the most sparsely populated areas of the department. Jau - Dignac -et- Loirac located about 80 km north-west of Bordeaux and about 10 kilometers south-east of the Gironde estuary in Le Verdon -sur -Mer.
History
The country was already inhabited in Roman times, as the excavations of La Chapelle Saint- Siméon prove over the centuries has been the tide swept the country. It was not until the construction of a flood embankment beginning of the 19th century and the area under cultivation again. Jau - Dignac -et- Loirac located on marshland, which was taken from the Gironde estuary by building a dam again. Polders with their typical drainage ditches dominate the landscape. Only the flood of March 1937, the dam broke and put parts of the community under water.
The originally independent places Jau, Dignac and Loirac had come together in 1851. The town's landmark is the built of sandstone, 18 meters high lighthouse Phare de Richard. Is also characterized by the webs with the shrimp fishermen below the lighthouse. The municipality is part of the Médoc (Bas -Médoc ). As far as the excessively wet soil conditions permit, will viniculture on a small scale to less than 20 companies. About a kilometer above the lighthouse located on an expanded drainage ditch, a small fishing port.
Demographics
The population had risen to 1929 continuously to 1275 and it has slowed down again.
Attractions
- Excavations of La Chapelle Saint- Siméon
- Château Saint -Aubin
- Phare de Richard ( 1843)
- Church of Saint -Paulin ( 1850)