Vayres, Gironde

Vayres
Chateau
Vayres
Location within Aquitaine region Vayres
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Libourne
Canton	Libourne
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Hélène Maidon
Area1	14.46 km2 (5.58 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	3,543
• Density	250/km2 (630/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33539 / 33870
Elevation	2–39 m (6.6–128.0 ft) (avg. 12 m or 39 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.

Vayres is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,853	—
1968	1,845	−0.4%
1975	2,295	+24.4%
1982	2,361	+2.9%
1990	2,491	+5.5%
1999	2,631	+5.6%
2008	3,280	+24.7%

Sights

• The Château de Vayres (Vayres Castle). It was remodeled by the 16th-century French engineer Louis de Foix, deceased 1611.

Aerial view of the chateau

The castle was sold in 1583 by King Henry III of Navarre largely ruined, to Ogier de Gourgue, in charge of the treasury of Guyenne, a friend of philosopher and political thinker Michel de Montaigne. Ogier de Gourge commissioned a well-known architect, Louis de Foix, who was building the Cordouan lighthouse and had worked for a few years for the king of Spain Philip II.

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Château de Vayres site