| Langon | |
| Commune Status: | Subprefecture and commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Langon (Gironde).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Langon |
| Canton: | Le Sud-Gironde |
| Insee: | 33227 |
| Postal Code: | 33210 |
| Mayor: | Jérôme Guillem[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Coordinates: | 44.55°N -0.25°W |
| Elevation M: | 23 |
| Elevation Min M: | 0 |
| Elevation Max M: | 73 |
| Area Km2: | 13.71 |
Langon (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Lengon) 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 and Langonnaise.
Langon is in the southern part of the department 48km (30miles) southeast of Bordeaux on the left bank of the Garonne river. It lies within the wine-growing region of the Graves near the border with the forest of the Landes.
Traditionally it was a stop on the Bordeaux-Toulouse route; the city is now served by the Entre-Deux-Mers autoroute. (A62 Bordeaux-Toulouse).
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 were brought to Langon by barge, where they were transferred at a specially constructed dock to outsize road vehicles. These then proceeded in convoy via an indirect southerly route to Toulouse.[2]
The imposing crane just downstream of the Airbus quay was built by EDF in 1986 to handle materials for the construction of the nuclear power station at Golfech near Agen. It is still used to handle heavy electrical distribution items such as transformers.[3]
Langon station has rail connections (TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine) to Bordeaux, Marmande and Agen.
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-sur-Garonne, Langoiran and Cambes, on the opposite bank of the river to the railway.
Routes 511 and 512 serve villages to the south and southeast.