Martignas-sur-Jalle

Martignas-sur-Jalle
Commune
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Coordinates: 44°50′30″N 0°46′28″W / 44.8417°N 0.7744°W / 44.8417; -0.7744Coordinates: 44°50′30″N 0°46′28″W / 44.8417°N 0.7744°W / 44.8417; -0.7744
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Mérignac-2
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Vernejoul
Area 1	26.39 km2 (10.19 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	7,498
• Density	280/km2 (740/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33273 /33127
Elevation	22–46 m (72–151 ft) (avg. 58 m or 190 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Martignas-sur-Jalle is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Historically, the town is known to have been the theater of the  ^[fr], where 500 to 600 longbowmen commanded by John Talbot were slaughtered by the French cavalry commanded by the Duke of Bourbon and the Count of Foix.

Population[]

See also[]

• Communes of the Gironde department

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