Créon

For the commune in the Landes department, see Créon-d'Armagnac.

Créon
Commune
The church in Créon
Coat of arms
Location of Créon
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Coordinates: 44°46′31″N 0°20′49″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Arrondissement	Bordeaux
Canton	Créon
Intercommunality	Créonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Gachet
Area 1	8.02 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,880
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	33140 /33670
Elevation	51–109 m (167–358 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Créon (French pronunciation: [kʁeɔ̃]; Gascon: Crion) is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 877 —     1800 843 −0.56% 1806 910 +1.28% 1821 805 −0.81% 1831 913 +1.27% 1836 878 −0.78% 1841 896 +0.41% 1846 923 +0.60% 1851 1,004 +1.70% 1856 1,049 +0.88% 1861 1,069 +0.38% 1866 1,051 −0.34% 1872 1,085 +0.53% 1876 1,158 +1.64% 1881 1,142 −0.28% 1886 1,145 +0.05% 1891 1,131 −0.25% 1896 1,141 +0.18%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 1,116 −0.44% 1906 1,043 −1.34% 1911 1,049 +0.11% 1921 978 −0.70% 1926 999 +0.43% 1931 1,012 +0.26% 1936 1,003 −0.18% 1946 1,015 +0.12% 1954 1,026 +0.13% 1962 1,286 +2.86% 1968 1,560 +3.27% 1975 1,842 +2.40% 1982 2,205 +2.60% 1990 2,508 +1.62% 1999 2,856 +1.45% 2007 3,922 +4.04% 2012 4,333 +2.01% 2017 4,697 +1.63%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

Notable people

• Nicolas Thierry, politician

See also

• Communes of the Gironde department