Hourtin

Coat of arms

Hourtin

Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

Hourtin

Coordinates: 45°11′14″N 1°03′23″W / 45.1872°N 1.0564°WCoordinates: 45°11′14″N 1°03′23″W / 45.1872°N 1.0564°W

Country

Saint-Laurent-Médoc

Lacs Médocains

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Jean-Marc Signoret

Area¹

190.50 km² (73.55 sq mi)

Population (2011)²

3,250

• Density

17/km² (44/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

33203 / 33990

Elevation

0–64 m (0–210 ft)
(avg. 18 m or 59 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.

Hourtin is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Hourtin is a member of the Community of Municipalities Médoc's Lakes which includes the municipalities of Lacanau, Carcans and Hourtin : the territory Médoc Océan^[1]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,998	—
1968	2,063	+3.3%
1975	2,290	+11.0%
1982	2,048	−10.6%
1990	2,072	+1.2%
1999	2,325	+12.2%
2006	2,404	+3.4%
2008	2,767	+15.1%
2011	3,250	+17.5%

Twin towns

- Pontarddulais, Swansea, Wales^[2]

References

INSEE

External links

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Hourtin

Population

Twin towns

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