🇫🇷 Mérignac is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. The 20th century historian Robert Étienne was born in Mérignac.
It is the largest suburb of the city of Bordeaux and adjoins it to the west. It is a member of the Bordeaux Métropole.
Mérignac is the site of Bordeaux International Airport. Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (French: Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac) (IATA: BOD, ICAO: LFBD) is the international airport of Bordeaux, in south-western France. It is situated in the commune of Mérignac, 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Bordeaux, within the département of the Gironde. It mainly features flights to metropolitan and leisure destinations in Europe and Northern Africa and serves as a base for easyJet, Ryanair and Volotea airlines.
Sights • Tour de Veyrines : Veyrines Dungeon. • Château Bourran : Bourran Castle • Château Le Burck : Le Burck Castle • Château or Maison Noble du Parc or d'Espagne : Parc Castle or Spain Castle • Fontaine d'Arlac : Arlac Fountain • Immeuble Gillet : Gillet Building • La glacière : the icehouse • La vieille église : the old Roman church • Maison carrée d'Arlac : Peychotte's folly (Square House) in Arlac.
Parks and gardens • Parc de Bourran : • Bois du Burck : Burck wood • Parc de Mérignac : • Parc Saint-Exupéry : • Parc du Vivier : the wood around the city hall.
Mérignac has a population of over 70,813 people. Mérignac also forms one of the centres of the wider Bordeaux metropolitan area which has a population of over 1,247,977 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Mérignac has links with:
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🇺🇸 Eden Prairie 44.85
🇺🇸 Bloomington 44.829
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🇫🇷 Oloron-Sainte-Marie -0.615
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🏴 Bognor Regis -0.676
🏴 Wellingborough -0.683
🇪🇸 Torrevieja -0.683
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🏴 Maidenhead -0.72
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🇫🇷 Pessac -0.631,44.807 d: 6.9
🇫🇷 Bordeaux -0.581,44.838 d: 5.8
🇫🇷 Libourne -0.242,44.918 d: 31.9
🇫🇷 Langon -0.249,44.557 d: 46.5
🇫🇷 Lesparre-Médoc -0.937,45.309 d: 54.2
🇫🇷 Arcachon -1.15,44.655 d: 46.7
Antipodal to: Mérignac 179.359,-44.868
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🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19471.8
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19471.9
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19471.9
🇳🇿 Hastings 176.843,-39.645 d: 19398.5
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19469.3
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19460.5
🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19427.2