Floirac, Gironde

Floirac
Commune
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Floirac
Floirac Location within France Floirac Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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  (2023)	18,300
• Density	2,130/km2 (5,520/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%
1901	2,642	+0.97%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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%
2023	18,300	+0.78%

Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2023)

Twin towns

Floirac is twinned with:

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

Notable people

• Charles Lacoste

See also

• Bordeaux Observatory
• Communes of the Gironde department