Mérignac | |
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Coordinates: 44°50′19″N 0°38′37″W / 44.8386°N 0.6436°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
Canton | Mérignac-1 and 2 |
Intercommunality | Bordeaux Métropole |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Anziani [1] ( PS) |
Area 1 | 48.17 km2 (18.60 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 75,729 |
• Density | 1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
33281 /33700 |
Elevation | 12–53 m (39–174 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Mérignac (French pronunciation: [meʁiɲak]; Occitan: Merinhac) 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.
It is the largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux and adjoins it to the west. It is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole.
Mérignac is the site of Bordeaux International Airport.
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.
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Source: EHESS [3] and INSEE (1968-2017) [4] |
The commune has about 5,000 students in the primary and secondary schools in its city. Schools include: [5]
Mérignac is twinned with: [10]