Soulac-sur-Mer
Soulac-sur-Mer (Gascon: Solac de Mar) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It's a seaside resort on the côte d'Argent, in the Medoc peninsula, at 12 km from Royan and 86 km from Bordeaux.
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 Notre-Dame-de-la-Fin-des-Terres Basilica,
a UNESCO world heritage site since 1998 | |
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Location of Soulac-sur-Mer 
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| Coordinates: 45°30′43″N 1°07′25″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Lesparre-Médoc |
| Canton | Le Nord-Médoc |
| Intercommunality | Pointe du Médoc |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Xavier Pintat |
| Area 1 | 28.89 km2 (11.15 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 2,811 |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 33514 /33780 |
| Elevation | 0–25 m (0–82 ft) (avg. 12 m or 39 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 742 | — |
| 1800 | 673 | −9.3% |
| 1806 | 651 | −3.3% |
| 1821 | 656 | +0.8% |
| 1831 | 801 | +22.1% |
| 1836 | 768 | −4.1% |
| 1841 | 814 | +6.0% |
| 1846 | 840 | +3.2% |
| 1851 | 950 | +13.1% |
| 1856 | 1,101 | +15.9% |
| 1861 | 1,165 | +5.8% |
| 1866 | 1,315 | +12.9% |
| 1872 | 1,185 | −9.9% |
| 1876 | 716 | −39.6% |
| 1881 | 720 | +0.6% |
| 1886 | 813 | +12.9% |
| 1891 | 993 | +22.1% |
| 1896 | 1,349 | +35.9% |
| 1901 | 1,388 | +2.9% |
| 1906 | 1,601 | +15.3% |
| 1911 | 1,650 | +3.1% |
| 1921 | 1,672 | +1.3% |
| 1926 | 1,586 | −5.1% |
| 1931 | 2,043 | +28.8% |
| 1936 | 2,009 | −1.7% |
| 1946 | 1,883 | −6.3% |
| 1954 | 2,097 | +11.4% |
| 1962 | 2,113 | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 2,198 | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 2,387 | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 2,536 | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 2,790 | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 2,720 | −2.5% |
| 2008 | 2,714 | −0.2% |
Twin towns — sister cities
Soulac-sur-Mer is twinned with:
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See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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