Targon

Targon
Commune
Coat of arms
Targon Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Targon
Coordinates: 44°44′08″N 0°15′45″W / 44.7356°N 0.2625°W / 44.7356; -0.2625Coordinates: 44°44′08″N 0°15′45″W / 44.7356°N 0.2625°W / 44.7356; -0.2625
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Langon
Canton	L'Entre-Deux-Mers
Intercommunality	Targonnais
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Richard Pezat
Area1	25.88 km2 (9.99 sq mi)
Population (2015)2	2,047
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33523 /33760
Elevation	37–118 m (121–387 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 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.

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

Population

Sights and monuments

• Église Saint-Romain de Targon, 12th century Romanesque church, listed as a monument historique since 1925.^[1]
• Église de Montarouch, 13th century Romanesque church, once the property of the Knights Hospitaller, now in ruins, listed as a monument historique since 1925.^[2]

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  Saint-Romain church, south west view (June 2013)
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  South façade and doorway to the church (June 2013)
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  Doorway (June 2013)
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  Turret and gargoyle in north east (June 2013)
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  Ruins of Montarouch church, south view (June 2013)
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  Montarouch church, east view (June 2013)
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  Monument to the dead in front of Saint-Romain church (June 2013)

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

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• INSEE