Sanguinet

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Sanguinet
Commune
Location of Sanguinet
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Coordinates: 44°29′06″N 1°04′23″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Grands Lacs
Intercommunality	Grands Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Fabien Lainé[1]
Area ^1	81.43 km^2 (31.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,582
• Density	56/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40287 /40460
Elevation	20–45 m (66–148 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sanguinet (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃ɡinɛ]; Sanguinet in Occitan) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3] It is situated next to Étang de Cazaux et de Sanguinet.

Geography

The commune is situated in the north of the department of Landes. The river Gorgue passes through the village and this river is the source of the lake. It would have originally flowed into the Atlantic Ocean, but the mouth of the river was blocked over the centuries by sand dunes on the coast and thus creating the lake and many others along Landes' Atlantic Coast. The lake has covered previous sitings of a town many centuries ago.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 692 —     1821 879 +0.86% 1846 986 +0.46% 1872 1,204 +0.77% 1901 1,294 +0.25% 1926 1,067 −0.77% 1946 1,052 −0.07% 1962 1,130 +0.45%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 1,334 +2.80% 1975 1,364 +0.32% 1982 1,368 +0.04% 1990 1,695 +2.72% 1999 1,982 +1.75% 2007 3,026 +5.43% 2012 3,504 +2.98% 2017 4,185 +3.62%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Twin Town

Sanguinet is twinned with the town of Neyland in Pembrokeshire, Wales.^[6]

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 30 November 2023.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Sanguinet, EHESS (in French).
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
6. "Twinning | Neyland Town Council". Retrieved 15 February 2021.