Puisseguin

Puisseguin
Puisseguin
Commune
	Chateau of Monbadon
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 44°55′28″N 0°04′19″W / 44.9244°N 0.0719°WCoordinates: 44°55′28″N 0°04′19″W / 44.9244°N 0.0719°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Libourne
Canton	Le Nord-Libournais
Intercommunality	Grand Saint-Émilionnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean, Michel Pasquon
Area 1	17.25 km2 (6.66 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	840
• Density	49/km2 (130/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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Puisseguin (French pronunciation: [pɥisɡɛ̃]; Occitan: Puègseguin) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is around 15 km east of Libourne.

In October 2015, 43 people died in a crash between a bus and a lorry.^[2]

Geography[]

Located in the .

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.