Floirac, Gironde

Floirac
Town hall
Floirac
Location within Aquitaine region Floirac
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Floirac
Intercommunality	Bordeaux
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Conchita Lacuey
Area1	8.59 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Population (2008)2	16,029
• Density	1,900/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33167 / 33270
Elevation	3–79 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Floirac is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,200	—
1800	1,069	−10.9%
1806	1,053	−1.5%
1821	956	−9.2%
1831	965	+0.9%
1836	998	+3.4%
1841	1,186	+18.8%
1846	1,166	−1.7%
1851	1,312	+12.5%
1856	1,421	+8.3%
1861	1,537	+8.2%
1866	1,524	−0.8%
1872	1,640	+7.6%
1876	1,585	−3.4%
1881	1,842	+16.2%
1886	2,265	+23.0%
1891	2,311	+2.0%
1896	2,517	+8.9%
1901	2,642	+5.0%
1906	2,799	+5.9%
1911	3,152	+12.6%
1921	4,826	+53.1%
1926	6,474	+34.1%
1931	7,180	+10.9%
1936	7,024	−2.2%
1946	7,062	+0.5%
1954	7,621	+7.9%
1962	8,196	+7.5%
1968	8,241	+0.5%
1975	12,040	+46.1%
1982	14,477	+20.2%
1990	16,834	+16.3%
1999	16,157	−4.0%
2008	16,029	−0.8%

Twin towns

Floirac is twinned with:

• Diébougou, Burkina Faso
• Burlada, Spain, since 1985

See also

• Bordeaux Observatory
• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE