Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains

Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains
Commune
Town hall
Location of Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains
Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains
Coordinates: 43°47′14″N 1°24′11″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Marensin Sud
Intercommunality	Maremne-Adour-Côte-Sud
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pierre Froustey
Area 1	4.25 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,660
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40328 /40480
Elevation	0–21 m (0–69 ft) (avg. 3 m or 9.8 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, in Gascon language Lo Bocau Vielh, is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

During the 1970s, an artificial lake and a touristic complex were created and named "Port d'Albret ", this complex was built in the territory of Vieux-Boucau and the nearby town Soustons. During summer, the population is between 10,000 and 15,000 inhabitants.

There are three beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and one on the lake.

Geography

The commune has the smallest surface of the Landes department.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 193 —     1806 185 −4.1% 1821 247 +33.5% 1831 272 +10.1% 1841 311 +14.3% 1851 313 +0.6% 1861 342 +9.3% 1872 458 +33.9% 1881 486 +6.1% 1891 521 +7.2% 1901 490 −6.0% 1911 550 +12.2%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 525 −4.5% 1931 504 −4.0% 1946 537 +6.5% 1954 670 +24.8% 1962 772 +15.2% 1968 903 +17.0% 1975 1,072 +18.7% 1982 1,151 +7.4% 1990 1,210 +5.1% 1999 1,379 +14.0% 2008 1,591 +15.4% 2013 1,525 −4.1%

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

• INSEE statistics