Gruissan

Commune in Occitanie, France

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Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Gruissan

(2020–2026) Didier Codorniou^[1]Area

43.65 km² (16.85 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,096 • Density120/km² (300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

11170 /11430

Elevation0–200 m (0–656 ft)
(avg. 2 m or 6.6 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gruissan (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɥisɑ̃] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Grussan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. The historian Émile Raunié (1854–1911) was born in Gruissan.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,258	—
1975	1,269	+0.12%
1982	1,594	+3.31%
1990	2,170	+3.93%
1999	3,061	+3.90%
2007	4,272	+4.25%
2012	4,631	+1.63%
2017	5,000	+1.55%
Source: INSEE^[3]

The Town

Situated on the Mediterranean coast of Southern France, Gruissan is situated in the Parc naturel régional de la Narbonnaise en Méditerranée. Traditionally a fishing village, the circular town is built around the former castle; a 10th-century château of which only the Tour Barberousse (Redbeard Tower) remains.^[4]

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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ "It's Grand in Gruissan | P-O Life". anglophone-direct. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.