Longvic

Commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Coat of arms

Location of Longvic

(2024–2026) Céline Tonot^[1]Area

10.56 km² (4.08 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

8,676 • Density820/km² (2,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

21355 /21600

Elevation219–247 m (719–810 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Longvic (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃vi]^[3]^[4]) is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It is the twin city of New Holland, Pennsylvania, due to a Case New Holland plant being located in Longvic.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	522	—
1906	646	+4.35%
1911	712	+1.96%
1921	911	+2.50%
1926	1,200	+5.67%
1931	1,534	+5.03%
1936	1,883	+4.18%
1946	1,883	+0.00%
1954	2,901	+5.55%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1962	4,372	+5.26%
1968	5,202	+2.94%
1975	7,448	+5.26%
1982	8,179	+1.35%
1990	8,273	+0.14%
1999	9,017	+0.96%
2007	9,358	+0.47%
2012	9,078	−0.61%
2017	8,604	−1.07%

Source: EHESS^[5] and INSEE (1968–2017)^[6]

Personalities

Rangers F.C. and Algeria defender Madjid Bougherra was born here.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ La rentrée des profs à Longvic, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 1 June 2021
^ Longvic : un barrage s'est effondré, le bief qui traverse la commune asséché, retrieved 1 June 2021
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Longvic, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE