Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour

Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ moʁis syʁ aduʁ], Saint-Maurice on Adour; Occitan: Sent Maurici d'Ador) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.[2]

Saint-Maurice-sur-l'Adour
Commune
Location of Saint-Maurice-sur-l'Adour
Saint-Maurice-sur-l'Adour
Saint-Maurice-sur-l'Adour
Coordinates: 43°47′09″N 0°27′59″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentLandes
ArrondissementMont-de-Marsan
CantonAdour Armagnac
IntercommunalityPays Grenadois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Brethous
Area
1
9.53 km2 (3.68 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
606
 • Density64/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
40275 /40270
Elevation41–76 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.

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.[3]

Population
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793503—    
1806497−1.2%
1821429−13.7%
1831420−2.1%
1841442+5.2%
1851490+10.9%
1861509+3.9%
1872403−20.8%
1881426+5.7%
1891373−12.4%
1901371−0.5%
1911340−8.4%
YearPop.±%
1921289−15.0%
1931258−10.7%
1946261+1.2%
1954300+14.9%
1962278−7.3%
1968292+5.0%
1975376+28.8%
1982484+28.7%
1990490+1.2%
1999509+3.9%
2008607+19.3%
2013567−6.6%

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  2. INSEE commune file
  3. Saint Maurice sur Adour, Landes tourisme.

Sources



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