Villenave-d'Ornon

Villenave d’Ornon (French pronunciation: [vilnav dɔʁnɔ̃]; Gascon: Vilanava d’Ornon) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Villenave d'Ornon
Commune
The church in Villenave-d'Ornon
Coat of arms
Location of Villenave d'Ornon
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Coordinates: 44°46′50″N 0°33′57″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Villenave-d'Ornon
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Michel Poignonec[1]
Area 1	21.26 km2 (8.21 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	40,500
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33550 /33140
Elevation	3–41 m (9.8–134.5 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is the fourth-largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux, and is located to its south side. Thus, it is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole. Villenave-d'Ornon station has rail connections to Langon and Bordeaux.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,400 —     1800 1,231 −1.82% 1806 1,295 +0.85% 1821 1,324 +0.15% 1831 1,377 +0.39% 1836 1,318 −0.87% 1841 1,535 +3.10% 1846 1,622 +1.11% 1851 1,779 +1.87% 1856 1,991 +2.28% 1861 2,161 +1.65% 1866 2,276 +1.04% 1872 2,200 −0.56% 1876 2,408 +2.28% 1881 2,733 +2.56% 1886 3,075 +2.39% 1891 3,143 +0.44% 1896 3,316 +1.08%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 3,335 +0.11% 1906 3,635 +1.74% 1911 4,020 +2.03% 1921 4,507 +1.15% 1926 5,416 +3.74% 1931 6,215 +2.79% 1936 6,764 +1.71% 1946 8,766 +2.63% 1954 9,989 +1.65% 1962 13,401 +3.74% 1968 21,263 +8.00% 1975 22,975 +1.11% 1982 21,073 −1.23% 1990 25,609 +2.47% 1999 27,500 +0.79% 2007 29,339 +0.81% 2012 29,804 +0.31% 2017 34,090 +2.72%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France

Villenave-d'Ornon is twinned with:^[5]

• Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany (1982)
• Torres Vedras, Portugal (1992)
• Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom (1994)

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Villenave-d'Ornon, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "Relations internationales et jumelage". villenavedornon.fr (in French). Villenave-d'Ornon. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

External links

• Official website (in French)