Monségur, Gironde

Monségur is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.Monségur is a bastide town, about 75km upriver from Bordeaux in the low rolling vineyard country between the rivers Garonne in the South and the Dordogne in the North. The town was founded by charter by Eleanor of Aquitaine in 1265, and its name means hill of safety.

The layout follows a classic bastide design, with a town square surrounded by arches, narrow streets, parallel back lanes and ramparts. The current population is 1,601. The town of Monségur is located in the canton of Le Réolais et Les Bastides and the arrondissement of Langon. The INSEE code for Monségur is 33289. The zip code of the town of Monségur is 33580.