Carcans
| Carcans | |||
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| Commune | |||
 Town hall | |||
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  Carcans Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Carcans | |||
| Coordinates: 45°04′47″N 1°02′35″W / 45.0797°N 1.0431°WCoordinates: 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 | ||
| Intercommunality | Lacs Médocains | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Henri Sabarot | ||
| Area1 | 175.4 km2 (67.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008)2 | 2,139 | ||
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | ||
| INSEE/Postal code | 33097 /33121 | ||
| Elevation | 0–65 m (0–213 ft) | ||
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |||
Carcans is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Carcans is a member of the Community of Municipalities Médoc's Lakes which includes the municipalities of Lacanau, Carcans, and Hourtin.
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1793 | 940 | — |
| 1800 | 732 | −22.1% |
| 1806 | 830 | +13.4% |
| 1821 | 894 | +7.7% |
| 1831 | 1,005 | +12.4% |
| 1836 | 1,065 | +6.0% |
| 1841 | 1,050 | −1.4% |
| 1846 | 1,069 | +1.8% |
| 1851 | 1,019 | −4.7% |
| 1856 | 1,100 | +7.9% |
| 1861 | 1,107 | +0.6% |
| 1866 | 1,094 | −1.2% |
| 1872 | 1,009 | −7.8% |
| 1876 | 968 | −4.1% |
| 1881 | 960 | −0.8% |
| 1886 | 923 | −3.9% |
| 1896 | 909 | −1.5% |
| 1901 | 906 | −0.3% |
| 1906 | 926 | +2.2% |
| 1911 | 1,035 | +11.8% |
| 1921 | 995 | −3.9% |
| 1926 | 1,075 | +8.0% |
| 1931 | 1,094 | +1.8% |
| 1936 | 990 | −9.5% |
| 1946 | 937 | −5.4% |
| 1954 | 1,027 | +9.6% |
| 1962 | 1,049 | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 1,134 | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 1,155 | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 1,242 | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 1,503 | +21.0% |
| 1999 | 1,551 | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 2,139 | +37.9% |
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