Soulac-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: ​[sulak syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Solac de Mar, [suˈlak de ˈmaɾ], lit. 'Soulac on Sea'), commonly known as Soulac (Solac), is a commune in the department of Gironde, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (formerly Aquitaine), France. It's a seaside resort on Côte d'Argent, in the peninsula of Médoc, at 12 km from Royan and 86 km from Bordeaux.

Soulac-sur-Mer Solac de Mar  (Occitan)
Commune
Notre-Dame-de-la-Fin-des-Terres Basilica, a UNESCO world heritage site since 1998
Coat of arms
Location of Soulac-sur-Mer
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Coordinates: 45°30′43″N 1°07′25″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Le Nord-Médoc
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Xavier Pintat[1]
Area 1	28.89 km2 (11.15 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	2,825
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Soulacais, Soulacaise (French)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33514 /33780
Elevation	0–25 m (0–82 ft) (avg. 12 m or 39 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Twin towns — sister cities

Soulac is twinned with:

• Saarburg, Germany (1972)
• Ospedaletti, Liguria, Italy (1972)
• Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma, Castile and León, Spain (1988)
• Castlerea, Connacht, Ireland (1990)

See also

• Communes of Gironde

References

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