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Bazas
Nouvelle-Aquitainevillage
Bazas
Total population
4,799
Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Bazas is a commune in Gironde, a department in southwestern France.
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History
As Cossio, it was capital of the ancient tribe of the Vasates, and under the Romans one of the twelve cities of Novempopulania, In later times it was capital of the district of Bazadais, and was the seat of the bishop of the diocese of Bazas from at least the beginning of the 6th century until 1790. And for 250 years prior to 1057, the Bishop of Bazas bore the title of Bishop of Aire, Dax, Bayonne, Oloron and Lescar. According to Gregory of Tours, Bazas had a bishop at the time of the Vandal invasion in the 5th century. The dedication of the cathedral to St. John the Baptist is explained in an account given by the same historian that a lady of Bazas, whom certain hagiographers of the 19th century believe to have been St. Veronica, brought from Palestine a relic of St. John the Baptist at the time of that saint's death. Pope Urban II (1088–99) preached the crusade at Bazas. Bazas was a subprefecture until 1926, when it was replaced in the role to Langon.
Geography
Bazas stands on a narrow promontory above the Beuve valley 60 km/37 mi southeast of Bordeaux and 40 km/25 mi southwest of Marmande.
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Official Identifiers
INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics
- INSEE code
- 33036
- Department
- 33
- Region
- 75
- Population (Wikidata)
- 4,854
geo.api.gouv.fr
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • INSEE — French national statistics, via geo.api.gouv.fr (official commune code, population, surface, department, region)
- • INSEE — French National Institute of Statistics — geo.api.gouv.fr