Floirac, Gironde

Floirac
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Floirac
Floirac Floirac
Coordinates: 44°50′15″N 0°31′29″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Cenon
Intercommunality	Bordeaux Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Jacques Puyobrau
Area 1	8.59 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	17,749
• Density	2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
Demonym	Floiracais·e
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.

Floirac (French pronunciation: [flwaʁak]; Occitan: Hloirac) is a commune in the department of Gironde, New Aquitaine, southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,200 —     1800 1,069 −1.64% 1806 1,053 −0.25% 1821 956 −0.64% 1831 965 +0.09% 1836 998 +0.67% 1841 1,186 +3.51% 1846 1,166 −0.34% 1851 1,312 +2.39% 1856 1,421 +1.61% 1861 1,537 +1.58% 1866 1,524 −0.17% 1872 1,640 +1.23% 1876 1,585 −0.85% 1881 1,842 +3.05% 1886 2,265 +4.22% 1891 2,311 +0.40% 1896 2,517 +1.72%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 2,642 +0.97% 1906 2,799 +1.16% 1911 3,152 +2.40% 1921 4,826 +4.35% 1926 6,474 +6.05% 1931 7,180 +2.09% 1936 7,024 −0.44% 1946 7,062 +0.05% 1954 7,621 +0.96% 1962 8,196 +0.91% 1968 8,241 +0.09% 1975 12,040 +5.57% 1982 14,477 +2.67% 1990 16,834 +1.90% 1999 16,157 −0.46% 2007 15,794 −0.28% 2012 16,508 +0.89% 2017 17,463 +1.13%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Twin towns

Floirac is twinned with:

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

See also

• Bordeaux Observatory
• Communes of the Gironde department