Carcans

Carcans
Commune
Coat of arms
Location of Carcans
Carcans Carcans
Coordinates: 45°04′47″N 1°02′35″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Lesparre-Médoc
Canton	Le Sud-Médoc
Intercommunality	Lacs Médocains
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Sabarot
Area 1	175.4 km2 (67.7 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)	2,418
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33097 /33121
Elevation	0–65 m (0–213 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Carcans is a commune. It is found in the region Aquitaine in the Gironde department in the southwest of France.