Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Gironde

Gironde

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 department in Aquitaine

Aquitaine

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 in southwestern France

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. It is sometimes referred to as Les Lèves.

Population

Wine

Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyrages is in the heart of the easternmost wine growing commune within the Bordeaux appellation. Univitis which is the largest group of wine producers in Bordeaux and southwestern France, is based in the village. Univitis owns most of the vineyards around the village, and in size makes up half of the commune.

There are also a number of independent wine producers based in the village, such as Chateau La Tour de Chollet.

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department
• Bordeaux wine
  Bordeaux wine
  A Bordeaux wine is any wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. Average vintages produce over 700 million bottles of Bordeaux wine, ranging from large quantities of everyday table wine, to some of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world...
  
  
• Univitis home page (English language)

External links

• www.les-leves.com A website with photographs and current affairs about Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues, by a resident photographer.