Soulac-sur-Mer

Soulac-sur-Mer
Notre-Dame-de-la-Fin-des-Terres Basilica, a UNESCO world heritage site since 1998
Coat of arms
Soulac-sur-Mer
Location within Aquitaine region  Soulac-sur-Mer
Coordinates: 45°30′43″N 1°07′25″W / 45.5119°N 1.1236°WCoordinates: 45°30′43″N 1°07′25″W / 45.5119°N 1.1236°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc
Intercommunality	Pointe du Médoc
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Xavier Pintat
Area^1	28.89 km^2 (11.15 sq mi)
Population (2008)^2	2,714
• Density	94/km^2 (240/sq mi)
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 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.

Soulac-sur-Mer is a commune in the Gironde department in 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.

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%
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

• INSEE