Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps

Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps
The church of Saint-Pierre of Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps, 13th century
Location of Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps
Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps
Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps
Coordinates: 44°58′56″N 0°03′43″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementLibourne
CantonLe Nord-Libournais
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Patricia Raichini
Area
1
14.32 km2 (5.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
723
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33320 /33570
Elevation16–85 m (52–279 ft)
(avg. 293 m or 961 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962492    
1968530+7.7%
1975503−5.1%
1982489−2.8%
1990565+15.5%
1999551−2.5%
2008643+16.7%
2012756+17.6%

Puisseguin road crash

Most of the forty-three dead of the Puisseguin road crash the 23 October 2015, passengers of a bus which hit a lorry, belonged to the Petit-Palais seniors' club.[2] This accident was the deadliest road accident in France since 1982.

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