Targon

Targon
Commune
The town hall in Targon
Coat of arms
Location of Targon
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Coordinates: 44°44′08″N 0°15′45″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Langon
Canton	L'Entre-Deux-Mers
Intercommunality	CC rurales de l'Entre-Deux-Mers
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Maulun[1]
Area ^1	25.88 km^2 (9.99 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,045
• Density	79/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33523 /33760
Elevation	37–118 m (121–387 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Targon (French pronunciation: [taʁɡɔ̃]) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,132	—
1975	1,195	+0.78%
1982	1,435	+2.65%
1990	1,609	+1.44%
1999	1,685	+0.51%
2007	1,888	+1.43%
2012	1,885	−0.03%
2017	2,077	+1.96%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights and monuments

• Église Saint-Romain de Targon, 12th century Romanesque church, listed as a monument historique since 1925.^[4]
• Église de Montarouch, 13th century Romanesque church, once the property of the Knights Hospitaller, now in ruins, listed as a monument historique since 1925.^[5]

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  Saint-Romain church, south west view (June 2013)
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  South façade and doorway to the church (June 2013)
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  Doorway (June 2013)
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  Turret and gargoyle in north east (June 2013)
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  Ruins of Montarouch church, south view (June 2013)
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  Montarouch church, east view (June 2013)
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  Monument to the dead in front of Saint-Romain church (June 2013)

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Romain, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
5. Base Mérimée: Ruines de l'église de Montarouch, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)