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Carcans
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Carcans (; , ) is a commune in the Gironde department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), France.
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Carcans is a commune in France, situated within the Gironde department and the canton of Saint-Laurent-Médoc. It lies in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and shares borders with Hourtin, Brach, Lacanau, and Listrac-Médoc. The area covers 175.4 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 65 meters.
The population of Carcans is 2,447, comprising 1,221 males and 1,192 females. The postal code for the commune is 33121. Its official name is listed as both Carcans and Carcan. The associated electoral district is the canton of Sud-Médoc.
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Place details
- Locality
- Carcans
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,700
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Carcans
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Mairie carcans.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Carcans 33.svg
- French commune.image flag
- Logo_carcans.jpg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lesparre-Médoc
- French commune.canton
- Le Sud-Médoc
- French commune.INSEE
- 33097
- French commune.postal code
- 33121
- French commune.mayor
- Patrick Meiffren
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 65
- French commune.area km2
- 175.4
- French commune.population demonym
- (French)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Carcan
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc
- Population
- 2415
- Area
- 175.4
- Elevation
- 23
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Listrac-Médoc
- Official website
- www.carcans.fr
- Image
- Mairie carcans.jpg
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- Commons category
- Carcans
- postal code
- 33121
- associated electoral district
- canton of Sud-Médoc
- male population
- 1221
- female population
- 1192
- P8168
- Hans Georg Rupp
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-56-03-90-20
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Encyclopedic overview
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Carcans (; , ) is a commune in the Gironde department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), France.
Carcans is one of the 14 members of the Community of Communes of Médoc Atlantique.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carcans” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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