Floirac (French pronunciation: [flwaʁak]; Occitan: Hloirac) is a commune in the department of Gironde, New Aquitaine, southwestern France.

Floirac
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Floirac
Location of Floirac
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Floirac is located in France
Floirac
Floirac
Floirac is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Floirac
Floirac
Coordinates: 44°50′15″N 0°31′29″W / 44.8375°N 0.5247°W / 44.8375; -0.5247
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
ArrondissementBordeaux
CantonCenon
IntercommunalityBordeaux Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Jacques Puyobrau[1]
Area
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8.59 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
17,749
 • Density2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
DemonymFloiracais·e
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
33167 /33270
Elevation3–79 m (9.8–259.2 ft)
(avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,200—    
1800 1,069−1.64%
1806 1,053−0.25%
1821 956−0.64%
1831 965+0.09%
1836 998+0.67%
1841 1,186+3.51%
1846 1,166−0.34%
1851 1,312+2.39%
1856 1,421+1.61%
1861 1,537+1.58%
1866 1,524−0.17%
1872 1,640+1.23%
1876 1,585−0.85%
1881 1,842+3.05%
1886 2,265+4.22%
1891 2,311+0.40%
1896 2,517+1.72%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 2,642+0.97%
1906 2,799+1.16%
1911 3,152+2.40%
1921 4,826+4.35%
1926 6,474+6.05%
1931 7,180+2.09%
1936 7,024−0.44%
1946 7,062+0.05%
1954 7,621+0.96%
1962 8,196+0.91%
1968 8,241+0.09%
1975 12,040+5.57%
1982 14,477+2.67%
1990 16,834+1.90%
1999 16,157−0.46%
2007 15,794−0.28%
2012 16,508+0.89%
2017 17,463+1.13%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

Twin towns

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Floirac is twinned with:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Floirac, EHESS (in French).
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ Annuaire des villes jumelées Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine