Sainte Foy la Grande

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Country France Department Gironde Canton Sainte-Foy-la-Grande Area 50 ha Local time Wednesday 4:45 AM		Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Arrondissement Libourne Intercommunality Pays Foyen Population 2,788 (1999)

Weather 8°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 95% Humidity

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Map of 33220 Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France

Louis Pierre Gratiolet, anatomist and zoologist, was born here in 1815

Paul Broca, surgeon and anthropologist

Élisée Reclus, geographer and anarchist, was born here

Onésime Reclus, his older brother and also a notable geographer, lived here for many years

Élie Faure, physician, art critic, writer, essayist, was born here in 1873

Pierre Larthomas (1915-2000), theatre theorist

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