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Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour
Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour
Commune
	Coat of arms
	Location of Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour
	Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour
	Coordinates: 43°47′09″N 0°27′59″W / 43.7858°N 0.4664°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Adour Armagnac
Intercommunality	Pays Grenadois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Brethous
Area 1	9.53 km2 (3.68 sq mi)
Population (2021)	621
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40275 /40270
Elevation	41–76 m (135–249 ft) ; (avg. 52 m or 171 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour (French: [sɛ̃ mɔʁis syʁ aduʁ]; literally "Saint-Maurice on Adour"; Occitan: Sent Maurici d'Ador) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Description

The commune of Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour is located south of Mont-de-Marsan. It originated as a bastide (fortified town) built in the 13th century by Edward II of England. The village is rustic, and contains a 16th-century church and the Château de Saint Maurice.^[4]