Le Frêche

Le Frêche
Commune
Location of Le Frêche
Le Frêche Le Frêche
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 (2014–2020)	Maryvonne Florence
Area 1	23.41 km2 (9.04 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	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 a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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

• INSEE statistics

External links

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