Gujan-Mestras
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Gironde | |
Arrondissement | Arcachon | |
Canton | Gujan-Mestras (main town) | |
Community association | Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 38 ′ N , 1 ° 4 ′ W | |
height | 0-28 m | |
surface | 53.99 km 2 | |
Residents | 21,152 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 392 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 33470 | |
INSEE code | 33199 | |
Website | www.ville-gujanmestras.fr | |
Town Hall ( Mairie ) |
Gujan-Mestras is a town in the French region of Aquitaine in the Gironde department with 21,152 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). The city has been in the Arcachon arrondissement since January 1, 2007, and there in the newly created canton of Gujan-Mestras in 2015 .
Gujan-Mestras is located on the south bank of the Bassin d'Arcachon .
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2015 | 2017 |
Residents | 5,694 | 6,687 | 7,613 | 8,600 | 11,433 | 14,963 | 18,794 | 20,817 | 21,152 |
geography
Gujan-Mestras is located in the southern part of the Arcachon Bay. It is an important regional center for oyster farming and is home to seven ports:
- The port of La Hume, which focuses on both oyster farming and sailing,
- The port of Meyran,
- The port of Gujan,
- Larros port, which has a promenade pier and is an active center for shipbuilding,
- The port of the canal,
- The port of La Barbotière, an important oyster farming center near the technical college for maritime science and technology,
- The port of La Mole, which is neither dredged nor used due to its difficult topography. Only one millstone from the former windmill in the harbor has stood the test of time. He gave the port of La Mole its name, "Mole" means millstone on Gascon .
Attractions
See: List of Monuments historiques in Gujan-Mestras
traffic
Gujan-Mestras has a train station on the Lamothe-Arcachon railway line . The A660 autoroute also ends here .
Town twinning
The partner municipality of Gujan-Mestras has been Santa María de Cayón in the Spanish region of Cantabria since 2010 .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , pp. 1551–1554.
Web links
- History of Gujan-Mestras (PDF 177 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vie maritime | Gujan Mestras. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .