Sainte-Foy-la-Grande

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
Commune
Coat of arms
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Sainte-Foy-la-Grande
Coordinates: 44°50′N 0°13′E / 44.84°N 0.22°E / 44.84; 0.22Coordinates: 44°50′N 0°13′E / 44.84°N 0.22°E / 44.84; 0.22
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Libourne
Canton	Le Réolais et Les Bastides
Intercommunality	Pays Foyen
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Robert Provain
Area1	0.51 km2 (0.20 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	2,327
• Density	4,600/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33402 /33220
Elevation	7–20 m (23–66 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.

Sainte-Foy-la-Grande is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Notable natives and residents

• Louis Pierre Gratiolet, anatomist and zoologist, was born here in 1815.
• Paul Broca, surgeon and anthropologist.
• Jacques Dejean, classical violinist, died here in 2013.
• Élie Reclus, ethnographer, was born here.
• Élisée Reclus, geographer and anarchist, was born here.
• Onésime Reclus, his older brother and also a notable geographer, lived here for many years.
• Élie Faure, physician, art critic, writer, essayist, was born here in 1873.
• Gaston Aumoitte, croquet-player and olympic gold-medal winner, died here in 1957.
• Pierre Larthomas (1915-2000), theatre theorist.

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE

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