Carbon blanc
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Gironde | |
| Arrondissement | Bordeaux | |
| Canton | La Presqu'île | |
| Community association | Bordeaux metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 54 ′ N , 0 ° 30 ′ W | |
| height | 10-55 m | |
| surface | 3.86 km 2 | |
| Residents | 8,091 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 2,096 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 33560 | |
| INSEE code | 33096 | |
 Town Hall ( Mairie ) |
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Carbon-Blanc is a French town in the Gironde department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to La Presqu'île in the Arrondissement of Bordeaux . It is located in the catchment area of the city of Bordeaux . While Carbon-Blanc had 1628 inhabitants in 1962, it currently has 8091 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017).
The name Carbon-Blanc goes back to the medieval name Charbon Blanc (literally translated white coal ) for leprosy . In fact, the community had a leprosy at that time .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2016 |
| Residents | 1628 | 3075 | 4567 | 5733 | 5842 | 6620 | 6901 | 8112 |
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Viticulture
Carbon-Blanc is a wine-growing community; the vineyards belong to the Premières Côtes de Bordeaux appellation .
Town twinning
- Großostheim , Germany (since 1977)
- San Martín de Valdeiglesias , Spain (since 1990)
traffic
Carbon-Blanc has its own junction on the A10 autoroute .
The community is served by the TBC bus lines. The tram Bordeaux of the TBC also leads here.
Personalities
- André Teixeira de Mesquita (* 1918), Brazilian diplomat
- Philippe Madrelle (1937–2019), Mayor of Carbon-Blanc from 1976 to 2015
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 501-505.
