Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave

Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
Commune
The Château of Richard Cœur de Lion, in Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave

Coat of arms
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
Location within Occitanie region
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
Coordinates: 44°03′52″N 1°01′25″E / 44.0644°N 1.0236°E / 44.0644; 1.0236Coordinates: 44°03′52″N 1°01′25″E / 44.0644°N 1.0236°E / 44.0644; 1.0236
Country France
Region Occitanie
Department Tarn-et-Garonne
Arrondissement Castelsarrasin
Canton Garonne-Lomagne-Brulhois
Intercommunality Sère - Garonne - Gimone
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Joël Capayrou
Area1 29.34 km2 (11.33 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 2,168
  Density 74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 82169 /82210
Elevation 59–88 m (194–289 ft)
(avg. 76 m or 249 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave (Languedocien: Sent Micolau de la Grava) is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, the founder of the American city of Detroit was born here in 1658.

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