Saint-Médard-en-Jalles

Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Saint-Médard-en-Jalles
Intercommunality	Bordeaux
Mayor	Jean-Louis Chabrolles (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	9–48 m (30–157 ft)
Land area1	85.28 km2 (32.93 sq mi)
Population2	27,427  (2008)
- Density	322 /km2 (830 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33449/ 33160
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.

Saint-Médard-en-Jalles is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Located west-northwest of the city of Bordeaux, it is the fifth-largest suburb of the city and a member of the metropolitan Urban Community of Bordeaux.

Population

Historical population of Saint-Médard-en-Jalles

Year	1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851	1856
Population	1599	1195	1277	1444	1667	1643	1822	1898	1988	2174

Year	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896	1901	1906
Population	2315	2531	2613	3001	3272	3454	3925	3890	4407	4884

Year	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968
Population	5046	5277	5135	5105	5144	6037	5924	6967	8955

Year	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008
Population	16,265	18,665	22,064	25,566	27,427

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE

"St Médard-en-Jalles et son canton", Val TILLET, Editions Alan Sutton, 2006.

External links

• Official website (French)