Floirac (French pronunciation: [flwaʁak]; Occitan: Hloirac) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Floirac | |
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 Town hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Floirac  | |
  Floirac  Floirac | |
| Coordinates: 44°50′15″N 0°31′29″W / 44.8375°N 0.5247°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux |
| Canton | Cenon |
| Intercommunality | Bordeaux Métropole |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Jacques Puyobrau[1] |
| Area 1 | 8.59 km2 (3.32 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2020)[2] | 18,013 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
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Twin townsEdit
Floirac is twinned with:
- Diébougou, Burkina Faso
- Burlada, Spain, since 1985[5]
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Floirac, EHESS. (in French)
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Annuaire des villes jumelées Archived 2009-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
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