Soulac-sur-Mer

Soulac-sur-Mer (Occitan: Solac de Mar) is a commune in the department of Gironde, 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.

Soulac-sur-Mer
Commune
Notre-Dame-de-la-Fin-des-Terres Basilica, a UNESCO world heritage site since 1998
Coat of arms
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
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Xavier Pintat[1]
Area ^1	28.89 km^2 (11.15 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[2]	2,811
• Density	97/km^2 (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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 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%

Year Pop. ±% 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:

• Saarburg, Germany (1972)
• Ospedaletti, Italy (1972)
• Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma, Spain (1988)
• Castlerea, Ireland (1990)

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.