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Country
  
France

Department
  
Gironde

Canton
  
Mérignac-1 Mérignac-2

Area
  
48.17 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 5:00 PM

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arrondissement
  
Bordeaux

Intercommunality
  
Bordeaux

Population
  
66,002 (2007)

Number of airports
  
1

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 57% Humidity

Mérignac ([meʁiɲak]) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The 20th-century historian Robert Étienne (1921–2009) was born in Mérignac.

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It is the largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux and adjoins it to the west. It is a member of the metropolitan Urban Community of Bordeaux.

Mérignac is the site of Bordeaux International Airport.

Etymology

The name Mérignac derives from the Gallo-Roman word Matriniacus, name of a villa rustica (countryside villa) that was the origin of today's town.

Sights

  • Tour de Veyrines : Veyrines Dungeon.
  • Château Bourran : Bourran Castle
  • Château Le Burck : Le Burck Castle
  • Château aka Maison Noble du Parc or d'Espagne : Parc Castle or Spain Castle
  • Fontaine d'Arlac : Arlac Fountain
  • Immeuble Gillet : Gillet Building
  • La glacière : the icehouse
  • La vielle église : the old Roman church
  • Maison carrée d'Arlac : Arlac squarred house

    • Parks and gardens

  • Parc de Bourran :
  • Bois du Burck : Burck wood
  • Parc de Mérignac :
  • Parc Saint-Exupéry :
  • Parc du Vivier : the wood around the city hall

    • Education

    The commune has about 5,000 students in the primary and secondary schools in its city. Schools include:

  • 15 public and private preschools
  • 15 public and private elementary schools
  • Four junior high schools: Collège de Bourran, Collège de Capeyron, Collège Jules-Ferry, Collège des Eyquems
  • Two senior high schools: Lycée Fernand Daguin and Lycée professionnel Marcel Dassault

    • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Mérignac is twinned with:

  • Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
  • Kaolack, Senegal

    • Personality

  • Albert Dupouy (1901 - 1973): player of rugby to death in Mérignac
  • Jean Samazeuilh (1891 - 1965): French tennis player dead in Mérignac
  • Arthur Sanfourche, père de Jean-Joseph Sanfourche test pilot and mechanic at the Mérignac base
  • Nicolas Canteloup, born on November 4, 1963 in Mérignac in the Gironde, is a comedian, French imitator.
  • Émile Rummelhardt former professional player and French football coach.

    • References

    Mérignac, Gironde Wikipedia
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