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Administrative-territorial entities
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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in southwestern
France
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Le Puy lies from Bordeaux on the intersection of the D15 and the D16 and from Monségur across the river Dropt.
Economy
The economy is agricultural, with wheat, sunflowers and soya being grown in recent years to complement the more traditional plums and tobacco.
The locality produces the famou ''Entre deux mers'' wine.
Mill reservoirs can provide good fishing for roach, carp and pike.
The region is well known for its ''cèpes'' (boletus mushroom).
Geography
The town lies in the Dropt basin which covers nearly in
Guyenne
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, from
Quercy
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to the Bordelais. The river is an affluent of the right bank of the Gironde.
The alluvial plain of the Dropt is characterized by '' boulbène'' (a soil composed of clay and sand) terraces, rising to foothills of ''molasse'' (chalky sandstone sedimentary deposits) with a few hillocks or the edges of chalky plateaus.
History
The town was a halting place on the pilgrimage to
Santiago de Compostela
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The Sisters of St. Joseph were founded in Le Puy in 1650 by Jesuit Priest Jean Pierre Medaille.
The town lost 10 soldiers during
World War I
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* Valley of the Dropt industrial dairy 1945. Manufactures butter and milk powder;
* Archives record three windmills at Saint-Batz;
* Parish church of Saint Anne;
* Friday market in Monségur, a 13th-century ''bastide'' (walled town).