La Brède

La Brède ( okzitan.: La Breda ) is a commune in the Gironde department in the region of Aquitaine. The municipality is situated approximately 18 kilometers south of Bordeaux and thus in the immediate catchment area of ​​the city. While La Brède in 1962 still had 1297 inhabitants, is one you currently 3880 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011).

The municipality is the capital ( chef -lieu ) of the Canton of La Brède in the arrondissement of Bordeaux.

La Brède is a wine-growing village in the wine growing region of Graves.

Worth seeing is the standing in the municipality of La Brède Castle, the birthplace of Montesquieu.

Personalities

  • Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, French poet and political theorist
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