Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour
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Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour | |
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 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[1] |
Area 1 | 9.53 km2 (3.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 625 |
| • Density | 65.6/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]
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]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 292 | — |
| 1975 | 376 | +3.68% |
| 1982 | 484 | +3.67% |
| 1990 | 490 | +0.15% |
| 1999 | 509 | +0.42% |
| 2009 | 592 | +1.52% |
| 2014 | 573 | −0.65% |
| 2020 | 617 | +1.24% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
