Title: Libourne Content: Libourne (; ) is a commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol, both known for their wines. ==History== Libourne was created as a bastide by Roger de Leybourne in 1270. The original name of Leybourne changed to the present Libourne. Its original aim was to be a port to ship wine of the Dordogne valley to England. ==Geography== Libourne is at the confluence of the Isle and Dordogne rivers. The city is at about from Bordeaux and from Arcachon. It has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is .  Libourne is surrounded by the communes Les Billaux, Lalande-de-Pomerol, Pomerol, Saint-Émilion, Moulon, Génissac, Arveyres, Fronsac and Saillans. ===Climate=== The climate of Libourne is Marine West Coast Climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), with mild winters and warm summers. ==Population== The inhabitants of Libourne are known, in French, as Libournais (women: Libournaises). With a population of 24,595, Libourne has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Libourne Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:25000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:5000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1968 text:1968 bar:1975 text:1975 bar:1982 text:1982 bar:1990 text:1990 bar:1999 text:1999 bar:2006 text:2006 bar:2014 text:2014 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1968 from:0 till: 22123 bar:1975 from:0 till: 21651 bar:1982 from:0 till: 22119 bar:1990 from:0 till: 21012 bar:1999 from:0 till: 21761 bar:2006 from:0 till: 23296 bar:2014 from:0 till: 24595 PlotData= bar:1968 at: 22123 fontsize:S text: 22,123 shift:(-12,5) bar:1975 at: 21651 fontsize:S text: 21,651 shift:(-15,5) bar:1982 at: 22119 fontsize:S text: 22,119 shift:(-15,5) bar:1990 at: 21012 fontsize:S text: 21,012 shift:(-15,5) bar:1999 at: 21761 fontsize:S text: 21,761 shift:(-15,5) bar:2006 at: 23296 fontsize:S text: 23,296 shift:(-15,5) bar:2014 at: 24595 fontsize:S text: 24,595 shift:(-15,5) ==Administration== Libourne is a sub-prefecture of the Gironde department since 1790. It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Libourne and the administrative centre  of the canton of Le Libournais-Fronsadais with 53,307 inhabitants (2014).: It is part of the intercommunality Le Libournais . === Twin towns === Libourne is twinned with: * Morocco * Berne, Switzerland * Morocco Casablanca, Morocco ==Gallery== File:Vineyards in St Emilion.jpg|Vineyards in St Emilion File:Libourne 33 Porte du Port 2013.jpg|Porte du Port File:Libourne 001.jpg|Bridge over the Dordogne river File:Libourne.mairie.jpg|Libourne town hall File:Libourne église St Jean (19).JPG|Saint Jean church ==Related pages== * Arrondissement of Libourne * Communes of the Gironde department