Léognan

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Léognan

Total population

10,708

Elevation13 m

Land area41.43 km²

Coordinates44.73°, -0.60°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Léognan is a commune in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

R

René Turlay

French nuclear physicist

H

Hervé Loste

French politician (1926-1994)

Dominique Pifarély

French musician

Henri Nassiet

actor (1895–1977)

Jacques Dufilho

French actor (1914–2005)

Fanélie Carrey-Conte

French deputy

J

Jean-Baptiste Lafond

French rugby union player

É

Élie Papin

French military personnel

H

Henri Grenet

French politician (1908–1995)

Aurélien de Sèze

French politician (1799-1870)

B

Bertrand de Gorostarzu

C

Catherine Diverrès

French choreographer

Clémentine Hélène Dufau

French painter (1869-1937)

F

Frédéric Vidalenc

French musician

Gérard Alle

French writer

Isabelle Dethan

French caricaturist and comics writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

• La Brède
  4.9 mi away · pop. 4,469
• Camblanes-et-Meynac
  6.2 mi away · pop. 3,093
• Isle-Saint-Georges
  6.2 mi away · pop. 520
• Lignan-de-Bordeaux
  9.6 mi away · pop. 836
• Artigues-près-Bordeaux
  10.4 mi away · pop. 8,623
• Saint-Michel-de-Rieufret
  11.1 mi away · pop. 884
• Haux
  11.2 mi away · pop. 837
• Paillet
  12 mi away · pop. 1,207
• Bassens
  12.6 mi away · pop. 7,842
• Sallebœuf
  12.7 mi away · pop. 2,728
• Rions
  13 mi away · pop. 1,500
• Sainte-Eulalie
  13.7 mi away · pop. 4,925

Browse all places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-27

Inornate Pyrausta Moth

Pyrausta inornatalis

Seen 2026-09-27

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-26

Long-bodied Cellar Spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Seen 2026-09-26

Lime seed bug

Oxycarenus lavaterae

Seen 2026-09-26

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-09-26

Mediterranean Acrobat Ant

Crematogaster scutellaris

Seen 2026-09-26

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Seen 2026-09-26

chicory

Cichorium intybus

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers