Cars, Gironde

Cars
Cars
Location within Aquitaine region  Cars
Coordinates: 45°07′45″N 0°37′06″W / 45.1293°N 0.6182°WCoordinates: 45°07′45″N 0°37′06″W / 45.1293°N 0.6182°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Blaye
Canton	Blaye
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Chety
Area^1	11.1 km^2 (4.3 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	1,171
• Density	110/km^2 (270/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	33100 / 33390
Elevation	17–71 m (56–233 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 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.

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

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,160	—
1968	1,255	+8.2%
1975	1,178	−6.1%
1982	1,191	+1.1%
1990	1,186	−0.4%
1999	1,189	+0.3%
2008	1,171	−1.5%

Geography

Cars is located in the Blaye arrondissement near the intersection of Routes D133 and D937, about 4 km east of Blaye on the Gironde River.

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE