Biganos

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Biganos

Total population

11,095

Elevation0 m

Land area52.73 km²

Coordinates44.64°, -0.98°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Biganos is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Francis Garnung

French playwright (1925-2016)

C

Claude Castaing

French actor

Jacques Duvigneau

French politician (1833–1902)

M

Max Monichon

French politician (1900–1977)

Michèle Alfa

French actress (1911–1987)

Pierre Dignac

French politician (1876–1973)

R

Raymond Brun

French politician (1915–2006)

Robert Paul

French long jumper and sprinter (1910-1998)

René Labat

French athlete (1892-1970)

André Labat

French athletics competitor (1889-1946)

Mathias Le Turnier

French road cyclist

François Vigorie

P

Paul Chaumont

French basketball player

M

Margot Dutour

French cyclist

J

Joris Ahlinvi

Beninese and French footballer

J

Jean Bidart

French cyclist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

• Le Teich
  2.3 mi away · pop. 9,004
• Lège-Cap-Ferret
  13.5 mi away · pop. 8,193
• Le Porge
  16.9 mi away · pop. 3,371
• Saumos
  19.2 mi away · pop. 548
• Louchats
  22.1 mi away · pop. 711
• La Brède
  22.2 mi away · pop. 4,469
• Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc
  22.5 mi away · pop. 7,583
• Isle-Saint-Georges
  25.4 mi away · pop. 520
• Camblanes-et-Meynac
  25.7 mi away · pop. 3,093
• Le Pian-Médoc
  26.4 mi away · pop. 7,105
• Saint-Michel-de-Rieufret
  26.8 mi away · pop. 884
• Castelnau-de-Médoc
  28 mi away · pop. 4,829

Browse all places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Seen 2026-09-16

Coypu

Myocastor coypus

Seen 2026-09-16

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-09-16

Southern White Admiral

Limenitis reducta

Seen 2026-09-16

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Seen 2026-09-16

Fencepost jumping spider

Marpissa muscosa

Seen 2026-09-15

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-09-15

Noble False Widow

Steatoda nobilis

Seen 2026-09-15

Idaea filicata

Idaea filicata

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers