Sanguinet

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Sanguinet
Commune
Location of Sanguinet
Sanguinet Sanguinet
Coordinates: 44°29′06″N 1°04′23″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Grands Lacs
Intercommunality	Grands Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Labruyère
Area 1	81.43 km2 (31.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,582
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40287 /40460
Elevation	20–45 m (66–148 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sanguinet (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃ɡinɛ]; Sanguinet in Occitan) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is situated next to Étang de Cazaux et de Sanguinet.

Geography

The commune is situated in the north of the department of Landes. The river Gorgue passes through the village and this river is the source of the lake. It would have originally flowed into the Atlantic Ocean, but the mouth of the river was blocked over the centuries by sand dunes on the coast and thus creating the lake and many others along Landes' Atlantic Coast. The lake has covered previous sitings of a town many centuries ago.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 692 —     1806 715 +3.3% 1821 879 +22.9% 1831 912 +3.8% 1841 960 +5.3% 1851 1,080 +12.5% 1861 1,079 −0.1% 1872 1,204 +11.6% 1881 1,111 −7.7% 1891 1,236 +11.3% 1901 1,294 +4.7% 1911 1,184 −8.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 1,064 −10.1% 1931 1,036 −2.6% 1946 1,052 +1.5% 1954 1,047 −0.5% 1962 1,130 +7.9% 1968 1,334 +18.1% 1975 1,364 +2.2% 1982 1,368 +0.3% 1990 1,695 +23.9% 1999 1,982 +16.9% 2008 3,092 +56.0% 2013 3,605 +16.6%

Twin Town

Sanguinet is twinned with the town of Neyland in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department