La Brède | |
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 Chateau | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of La Brède | |
  La Brède  La Brède | |
| Coordinates:44°40′56″N0°31′38″W / 44.6822°N 0.5272°W /44.6822; -0.5272 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
| Canton | La Brède |
| Intercommunality | Montesquieu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Michel Dufranc[1] |
Area 1 | 23.28 km2 (8.99 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 4,423 |
| • Density | 190.0/km2 (492.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33213 /33650 |
| Elevation | 9–61 m (30–200 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Brède (French pronunciation:[labʁɛd];Occitan:La Brèda, before 1987:Labrede)[3] is acommune in theGirondedepartment inNouvelle-Aquitaine in southwesternFrance.
The gothicChâteau de la Brède was the birthplace and the retreat ofMontesquieu, whose library and bedroom are preserved.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,448 | — |
| 1975 | 1,769 | +2.90% |
| 1982 | 2,281 | +3.70% |
| 1990 | 2,846 | +2.80% |
| 1999 | 3,128 | +1.06% |
| 2007 | 3,662 | +1.99% |
| 2012 | 3,967 | +1.61% |
| 2017 | 4,280 | +1.53% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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