Carbon-Blanc

Carbon-Blanc is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The commune was created in 1853 when it was separated from neighboring Bassens by decree of Napoleon III.[2]

Carbon-Blanc
Commune
The town hall in Carbon-Blanc
Location of Carbon-Blanc
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Coordinates: 44°53′45″N 0°30′19″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	La Presqu'île
Intercommunality	Bordeaux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Franck Maurras
Area ^1	3.86 km^2 (1.49 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	8,091
• Density	2,100/km^2 (5,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33096 /33560
Elevation	10–55 m (33–180 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1856	735	—
1861	839	+14.1%
1866	918	+9.4%
1872	851	−7.3%
1876	824	−3.2%
1881	788	−4.4%
1886	887	+12.6%
1891	846	−4.6%
1896	855	+1.1%
1901	865	+1.2%
1906	865	+0.0%
1911	852	−1.5%
1921	958	+12.4%
1926	964	+0.6%
1931	1,127	+16.9%
1936	1,107	−1.8%
1946	1,149	+3.8%
1954	1,300	+13.1%
1962	1,628	+25.2%
1968	3,075	+88.9%
1975	4,567	+48.5%
1982	5,733	+25.5%
1990	5,842	+1.9%
1999	6,620	+13.3%
2008	6,936	+4.8%

Sister cities

Carbon-Blanc has 2 sister cities:[3]

• Großostheim, Germany
• San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Spain

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Mairie de Carbon-Blanc, L'Histoire de Carbon-Blanc (in French), retrieved September 15, 2019
3. Mairie de Carbon-Blanc, Jumelages avec la Ville de Carbon-Blanc (in French), retrieved September 15, 2019