Grenade-sur-l'Adour

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Grenade-sur-l'Adour

(2020–2026) Odile Lacouture^[1]Area

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) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

Geography

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% 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%

Year	Pop.	±% 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^[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[5]

Sights

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Grenade-sur-l'Adour, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE