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Le Frêche (French pronunciation: ​[lə fʁɛʃ]; Occitan: Lo Hrèishe) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.[2]

Le Frêche
Commune
Location of Le Frêche
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Coordinates: 43°56′01″N 0°14′22″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Adour Armagnac
Intercommunality	Pays de Villeneuve en Armagnac Landais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nadine Bougue
Area 1	23.41 km2 (9.04 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	410
• Density	18/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40100 /40190
Elevation	55–124 m (180–407 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Frêche is situated in the heart of the region of Armagnac and produces the best Armagnac (brandy) in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,600 —     1806 894 −44.1% 1821 923 +3.2% 1831 971 +5.2% 1841 929 −4.3% 1851 1,004 +8.1% 1861 1,056 +5.2% 1872 947 −10.3% 1881 990 +4.5% 1891 909 −8.2% 1901 880 −3.2% 1911 784 −10.9%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 693 −11.6% 1931 699 +0.9% 1946 610 −12.7% 1954 646 +5.9% 1962 500 −22.6% 1968 529 +5.8% 1975 472 −10.8% 1990 392 −16.9% 1999 386 −1.5% 2008 394 +2.1% 2013 382 −3.0%

Sights

• Saint-Vidou Church
• Lafitte-Boingnères Castle

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

External links

• Le Frêche on the site of the national geographical Institute
• Le Frêche tourism and Armagnac(brandy)

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