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Langon may refer to: * Langon, Gironde, a commune in the Gironde department, France * Langon, Ille-et-Vilaine, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, France * Langon, Loir-et-Cher, a commune in the Loir-et-Cher department, France * Långön, an island in the Luleå archipelago in the Swedish part of the Bothnian Bay * Le Langon * Arrondissement of Langon Other uses * Langon (grape), another name for the wine grape Merlot * Fargues de Langon {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langon, Gironde
Langon (; oc, Lengon) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Langon serves as the seat of its district, canton and subprefecture. Its inhabitants are called ''Langonnais''. Geography Langon is in the northern part of the department southeast of Bordeaux on the left bank of the Garonne river. It lies near the border between a wine-growing region (Premières côtes de Bordeaux) and the forest of Landes. Population Notable people born in Langon * Louis Beaulieu (1840–1866), catholic priest, martyr in Korea * Thomas Boudat * Caroline Delas * Louis Ducos du Hauron * Benjamin Fall * Martine Faure * Édouard Lafargue * Pierre de La Montagne * Pierre Lees-Melou * Raymond Oliver * Jean Sentuary * Patrick Zygmanowski (born in 1970), classical pianist Transport Traditionally it was a stop on the Bordeaux-Toulouse route; the city is now served by the Entre-Deux-Mers autoroute. ( A62 Bordeaux-Toulouse). Itinéraire à Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
