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Carcans
Town hall
Town hall
Flag of Carcans
Coat of arms of Carcans
Location of Carcans
Map
Carcans is located in France
Carcans
Carcans
Carcans is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Carcans
Carcans
Coordinates: 45°04′47″N 1°02′35″W / 45.0797°N 1.0431°W / 45.0797; -1.0431
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementLesparre-Médoc
CantonLe Sud-Médoc
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Patrick Meiffren[1]
Area
1
175.4 km2 (67.7 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,418
 • Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
DemonymCarcanais·e (French)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33097 /33121
Elevation0–65 m (0–213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carcans (French pronunciation: [kaʁkɑ̃]; Occitan: Carcan, [kaɾˈka]) is a commune in the Gironde department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), France.

Carcans is one of the 14 members of the Community of Communes of Médoc Atlantique.

Geography

Location

Situated about 50 km of Bordeaux, Médoc, Carcans is a seaside resort between the Atlantic Ocean and the Hourtin-Carcans Lake.

Places

It includes 5 settlements : Carcans, the administrative centre (in the town's same name); Pouch (IPA: [puʃ]), situated between forest and marsh; Maubuisson (IPA: [mobɥisɔ̃]), the tour resort created 1960–1970; Bombannes (IPA: [bɔ̃ban]), a sport area near the lake; Carcans-Plage (IPA: [kaʁkɑ̃ plaʒ]), the seaside resort on the border of the ocean.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 940—    
1800 732−3.51%
1806 830+2.12%
1821 894+0.50%
1831 1,005+1.18%
1836 1,065+1.17%
1841 1,050−0.28%
1846 1,069+0.36%
1851 1,019−0.95%
1856 1,100+1.54%
1861 1,107+0.13%
1866 1,094−0.24%
1872 1,009−1.34%
1876 968−1.03%
1881 960−0.17%
1886 923−0.78%
1891 954+0.66%
1896 909−0.96%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 906−0.07%
1906 926+0.44%
1911 1,035+2.25%
1921 995−0.39%
1926 1,075+1.56%
1931 1,094+0.35%
1936 990−1.98%
1946 937−0.55%
1954 1,027+1.15%
1962 1,049+0.27%
1968 1,134+1.31%
1975 1,155+0.26%
1982 1,242+1.04%
1990 1,503+2.41%
1999 1,551+0.35%
2007 2,114+3.95%
2012 2,267+1.41%
2017 2,413+1.26%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carcans, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE