Carcans

Carcans
Carcans
Commune
	Town hall
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of Carcans
	Carcans Carcans
	Coordinates: 45°04′47″N 1°02′35″W / 45.0797°N 1.0431°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Le Sud-Médoc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Meiffren
Area 1	175.4 km2 (67.7 sq mi)
Population (2021)	2,418
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Demonym	Carcanais·e (French)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33097 /33121
Elevation	0–65 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

Year	Pop.	±% 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%

Year	Pop.	±% 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]

References

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

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[ehess-3] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Carcans, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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