Blaye
Blaye is a commune and subprefecture in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. For centuries, Blaye was a particularly convenient crossing point for those who came from the north and went to Bordeaux or further south, to Spain and Portugal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,960 residents
- Description: commune in Gironde, France
- Also known as: “Blaia”
- Postal codes: 33390 and 33390
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cidadel of Blaye and Château des Rudel.
Château des Rudel
Castle
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The Château des Rudel is a château in Blaye, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
Église Saint-Romain de Blaye
Church
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Église Saint-Romain de Blaye is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse and Gauriac.
Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse
Village
Photo: Jack ma, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse is situated 6 km southeast of Blaye.
Gauriac
Village
Gauriac is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. Gauriac is situated 8 km southeast of Blaye.
Arcins
Village
Photo: Erdrokan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arcins is a commune in the Gironde department in southwestern France. Arcins is situated 8 km southwest of Blaye.
Blaye
- Categories: commune of France and locality
- Location: Blaye, Arrondissement of Blaye, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.12712° or 45° 7′ 38″ northLongitude
-0.6636° or 0° 39′ 49″ westPopulation
4,960Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)United Nations Location Code
FR BYEOpen location code
8CQX48GP+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1241883240OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Blaye” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Blaye”
- Arabic: “إبلافية”
- Arabic: “بلايي”
- Aragonese: “Blaia”
- Aragonese: “Blaya”
- Aragonese: “Blaye”
- Arpitan: “Blaye”
- Asturian: “Blaye”
- Bambara: “Blaye”
- Basque: “Blaia”
- Basque: “Blaye”
- Bavarian: “Blaye”
- Belarusian: “Блае”
- Breton: “Blaye”
- Buginese: “Blaye”
- Bulgarian: “Блай”
- Cajun French: “Blaye”
- Catalan: “Blaia”
- Catalan: “Blaye”
- Cebuano: “Blaye (kapital sa arrondissement)”
- Cebuano: “Blaye”
- Chechen: “Бле”
- Chinese: “Blaye”
- Chinese: “布莱”
- Chinese: “布萊”
- Corsican: “Blaye”
- Croatian: “Blaia”
- Croatian: “Blaye”
- Czech: “Blaye”
- Danish: “Blaye”
- Dutch: “Blaia”
- Dutch: “Blaye”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلايى”
- Esperanto: “Blaia”
- Esperanto: “Blaye”
- Estonian: “Blaye”
- Faroese: “Blaye”
- Finnish: “Blaye”
- French: “Blaia”
- French: “Blaye-et-Sainte-Luce”
- French: “Blaye”
- Friulian: “Blaye”
- Galician: “Blaye”
- German: “Blaia”
- German: “Blaye”
- Greek: “Μπλάιγ”
- Hebrew: “בלאי”
- Hungarian: “Blaye”
- Icelandic: “Blaye”
- Ido: “Blaye”
- Indonesian: “Blaye”
- Interlingua: “Blaye”
- Interlingue: “Blaye”
- Irish: “Blaye”
- Italian: “Blaia”
- Italian: “Blaye”
- Jamaican Creole English: “Blaye”
- Japanese: “ブライ”
- Japanese: “ブラユ”
- Japanese: “プルミエール・コート・ド・ブライ”
- Kabyle: “Blaye”
- Kalaallisut: “Blaye”
- Kazakh: “Бле”
- Kongo: “Blaye”
- Kurdish: “Blaia”
- Ladin: “Blaye”
- Latin: “Blavia”
- Latin: “Blaye”
- Latvian: “Blaia”
- Latvian: “Blaye”
- Ligurian: “Blaye”
- Limburgan: “Blaye”
- Lithuanian: “Blaia”
- Lithuanian: “Blaye”
- Low German: “Blaia”
- Low German: “Blaye”
- Luxembourgish: “Blaye”
- Mainfränkisch: “Blaye”
- Malagasy: “Blaye”
- Malay: “Blaye”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Blaye”
- Minangkabau: “Blaye”
- Narom: “Blaye”
- Neapolitan: “Blaye”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blaye”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blaye”
- Norwegian: “Blaye”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Blaia”
- Pampanga: “Blaye”
- Papiamento: “Blaye”
- Persian: “بلای”
- Picard: “Blaye”
- Piemontese: “Blaye”
- Polish: “Blaia”
- Polish: “Blaye”
- Portuguese: “Blaia”
- Portuguese: “Blaye”
- Prussian: “Blaye”
- Romagnol: “Blaye”
- Romanian: “Blaye”
- Romansh: “Blaye”
- Russian: “Блай”
- Russian: “Блайе”
- Russian: “Бле”
- Sardinian: “Blaye”
- Scots: “Blaye”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Blaye”
- Serbian: “Blaye”
- Serbian: “Ble”
- Serbian: “Бле”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Blaye, Gironde”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Blaye”
- Sicilian: “Blaye”
- Slovak: “Blaia”
- Slovak: “Blaye”
- Slovenian: “Blaye”
- Spanish: “Blaia”
- Spanish: “Blaye”
- Swahili: “Blaye”
- Swedish: “Blaia”
- Swedish: “Blaye”
- Swiss German: “Blaia”
- Swiss German: “Blaye”
- Tatar: “Бле”
- Turkish: “Blaye”
- Ukrainian: “Бле”
- Uzbek: “Blaye”
- Venetian: “Blaye”
- Vietnamese: “Blaye”
- Vlaams: “Blaye”
- Volapük: “Blaye”
- Walloon: “Blaye”
- Waray (Philippines): “Blaye”
- Welsh: “Blaye”
- Wolof: “Blaye”
- Zulu: “Blaye”
- “Blaye”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hôtel de Ville de Blaye and Office de Tourisme de Blaye.
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