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 Métropole
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%

Year Pop. ±% 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

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