Langon (; ) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Langon serves as the seat of its district, canton and subprefecture. Its inhabitants are called Langonnais. Geography Langon is in the northern part of the department southeast of Bordeaux on the left bank of the Garonne river. It lies near the border between a wine-growing region (Premières côtes de Bordeaux) and the forest of Landes. Population Notable people born in Langon Louis Beaulieu (1840–1866), catholic priest, martyr in Korea Thomas Boudat Caroline Delas Louis Ducos du Hauron Benjamin Fall Martine Faure Édouard Lafargue Pierre de La Montagne Pierre Lees-Melou Raymond Oliver Jean Sentuary Patrick Zygmanowski (born in 1970), classical pianist Transport Traditionally it was a stop on the Bordeaux-Toulouse route; the city is now served by the Entre-Deux-Mers autoroute. (A62 Bordeaux-Toulouse). Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit Langon is also a pivotal point in the Itinéraire à Grand Gabarit, the waterway and road route constructed to allow the transportation of the fuselage sections and wings of the Airbus A380 airliner to the final assembly point in Toulouse. These components are brought to Langon by barge, where they are transferred at a specially constructed dock to outsize road vehicles. These then proceed in convoy via an indirect southerly route to Toulouse. The crane used to unload the barges. Rail Langon station has rail connections (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) to Agen, Marmande and Bordeaux. Bus Buses at Langon are operated under the banner of the Nouvelle Aquitaine regional transport authority. Their website for buses in the area is https://transports.nouvelle-aquitaine.fr/cars-regionaux/reseau-et-horaires/gironde Route / Line 501 connects Langon with Bordeaux along the D10 road, via Cadillac,Langoiran and Cambes, on the opposite bank of the river to the railway. Routes 511 and 512 serve villages to the south and southeast. Sights Château de Respide Château de Roquetaillade See also Communes of the Gironde department References Communes of Gironde Gironde communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia Subprefectures in France