Vayres, Gironde

Vayres
Vayres
Commune
	Chateau
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 44°53′53″N 0°18′47″W / 44.8981°N 0.3131°WCoordinates: 44°53′53″N 0°18′47″W / 44.8981°N 0.3131°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Libourne
Canton	Le Libournais-Fronsadais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Legrand
Area 1	14.46 km2 (5.58 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	4,053
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33539 /33870
Elevation	2–39 m (6.6–128.0 ft) ; (avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vayres (French pronunciation: [vɛʁ]; Occitan: Vairas) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,853	—
1968	1,845	−0.4%
1975	2,295	+24.4%
1982	2,361	+2.9%
1990	2,491	+5.5%
1999	2,631	+5.6%
2008	3,280	+24.7%

Sights[]

The Château de Vayres (Vayres Castle). It was remodeled by the 16th-century French engineer , deceased 1611.

Aerial view of the chateau

The castle was sold in 1583 by King Henry III of Navarre largely ruined, to , in charge of the treasury of Guyenne, a friend of philosopher and political thinker Michel de Montaigne. Ogier de Gourge commissioned a well-known architect, , who was building the Cordouan lighthouse and had worked for a few years for the king of Spain Philip II.