Carcans

Carcans
Commune
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Carcans
Carcans Carcans
Coordinates: 45°04′47″N 1°02′35″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Le Sud-Médoc
Intercommunality	Lacs Médocains
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Sabarot
Area 1	175.4 km2 (67.7 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,418
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
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 (Occitan: Carcan or Carcans), also known as Carcans-Maubuisson (pronounced [kaʁkɑ̃ mobɥisɔ̃]), is a commune in the department of Gironde, 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%

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official site
• Official website of the tourist office Médoc Océan
• Facebook tourist office Médoc Océan
• Youtube channel tourist office Médoc Océan
• Twitter tourist office Médoc Océan
• Flickr tourist office Médoc Océan