Hourtin

Hourtin
Coat of arms
Hourtin
Location within Aquitaine region Hourtin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Saint-Laurent-Médoc
Intercommunality	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)
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 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

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

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official site
• Official website of the tourist office Médoc Océan
• Official Facebook of the tourist office Médoc Océan
• Official Twitter of the tourist office Médoc Océan
• Official Youtube of the tourist office Médoc Océan
• Official Flicker of the tourist office Médoc Océan