Grenade-sur-l'Adour

Grenade-sur-l'Adour
Commune
Church of Grenade-sur-l'Adour
Church of Grenade-sur-l'Adour
Coat of arms of Grenade-sur-l'Adour
Coat of arms
Location of Grenade-sur-l'Adour
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Grenade-sur-l'Adour is located in France
Grenade-sur-l'Adour
Grenade-sur-l'Adour
Grenade-sur-l'Adour is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Grenade-sur-l'Adour
Grenade-sur-l'Adour
Coordinates: 43°46′37″N 0°25′42″W / 43.7769°N 0.4283°W / 43.7769; -0.4283
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentLandes
ArrondissementMont-de-Marsan
CantonAdour Armagnac
IntercommunalityPays Grenadois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Odile Lacouture[1]
Area
1
19.72 km2 (7.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,430
 • Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
40117 /40270
Elevation48–84 m (157–276 ft)
(avg. 55 m or 180 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Grenade-sur-l'Adour (French pronunciation: [ɡʁənad syʁ laduʁ], literally Grenade on the Adour; Occitan: Granada d'Ador, before 1962: Grenade)[3] is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.[4]

Geography

The town is located between two larger towns of Aire-sur-l'Adour and Mont-de-Marsan.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 2,250—    
1821 1,729−0.94%
1846 1,497−0.57%
1872 1,658+0.39%
1901 1,337−0.74%
1926 1,169−0.54%
1946 1,179+0.04%
1962 1,369+0.94%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 2,046+6.93%
1975 2,006−0.28%
1982 2,129+0.85%
1990 2,187+0.34%
1999 2,265+0.39%
2007 2,445+0.96%
2012 2,505+0.49%
2017 2,487−0.14%
Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6]

Sights

Areas of interest include a 15th-century bastide and a Catholic church of the same era.

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
  4. ^ INSEE commune file
  5. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Grenade-sur-l'Adour, EHESS (in French).
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

See also

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