Carcans

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
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Meiffren
Area 1	175.4 km2 (67.7 sq mi)
Population (2023)	2,415
• Density	13.77/km2 (35.66/sq mi)
Demonym	Carcanais·e (French)
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 (French pronunciation: [kaʁkɑ̃]; Occitan: Carcan, [kaɾˈka]) is a commune in the Gironde department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), France.

CountryFrance

Area

¹

175.4 km² (67.7 sq mi)

Population

(2023)^[2]

2,415

DemonymCarcanais·e (French)

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Carcans is one of the 14 members of the Community of Communes of Médoc Atlantique.

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Carcans
Commune
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Carcans
Carcans Show map of France Carcans Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 45°04′47″N 1°02′35″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Le Sud-Médoc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Meiffren^[1]
Area ¹	175.4 km² (67.7 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[2]	2,415
• Density	13.77/km² (35.66/sq mi)
Demonym	Carcanais·e (French)
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.