Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps

Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps

Eglise Saint-Pierre de Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps, 13th century
Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps

Coordinates: 44°58′56″N 0°03′43″W / 44.9822°N 0.0619°W / 44.9822; -0.0619Coordinates: 44°58′56″N 0°03′43″W / 44.9822°N 0.0619°W / 44.9822; -0.0619
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Arrondissement Libourne
Canton Lussac
Intercommunality Lussacais
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Patricia Raichini
Area1 14.32 km2 (5.53 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 756
  Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 33320 / 33570
Elevation 16–85 m (52–279 ft)
(avg. 293 m or 961 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962492    
1968530+7.7%
1975503−5.1%
1982489−2.8%
1990565+15.5%
1999551−2.5%
2008643+16.7%
2012756+17.6%

Puisseguin road crash

Most of the forty-three dead of the Puisseguin road crash the 23 October 2015, passengers of a bus which hit a lorry, belonged to the Petit-Palais seniors' club.[1] This accident was the deadliest road accident in France since 1982.

See also

References

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