Puisseguin

Puisseguin
Commune
Chateau of Monbadon
Coat of arms
Location of Puisseguin
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Coordinates: 44°55′28″N 0°04′19″W / 44.9244°N 0.0719°W / 44.9244; -0.0719
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Libourne
Canton	Le Nord-Libournais
Intercommunality	Grand Saint-Émilionnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Michel Pasquon[1]
Area ^1	17.25 km^2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]	834
• Density	48.3/km^2 (125/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33342 /33570
Elevation	38–108 m (125–354 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Puisseguin (French pronunciation: [pɥis(ə)ɡɛ̃]; Occitan: Puègseguin) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is around 15 km east of Libourne. In 1989 it absorbed the former commune Monbadon.^[3]

In October 2015, 43 people died in a crash between a bus and a lorry.^[4]

Geography

Located in the Pays du Libournais.

Bordering municipalities

The neighboring towns are Lussac in the north, Tayac in the extreme north-east for about 250 meters, Saint-Cibard to the East, Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguille at the South-East, Saint-Genès-de-Castillon at the South and Montagne in the west.

Population

Population data refer to the area corresponding with the commune as of January 2025.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,215	—
1975	1,165	−0.60%
1982	1,107	−0.73%
1990	1,038	−0.80%
1999	924	−1.28%
2007	891	−0.45%
2012	861	−0.68%
2017	856	−0.12%
2023	834	−0.43%
Source: INSEE[5]

See also

• Puisseguin-Saint-Émilion AOC
• Communes of the Gironde department
• Puisseguin road crash

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
3. [https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000025974 Arrêté du 10 novembre 1988 portant modification aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)], Journal officiel de la République française n° 0063, 15 March 1989, p. 3367.
4. "France bus crash: Pensioners killed in truck collision". BBC News. 23 October 2015.
5. Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE