Gruissan
Gruissan | |
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Historical city centre with the ruin of the Barberousse tower | |
Location of Gruissan | |
| Coordinates: 43°06′28″N 3°05′20″E / 43.1078°N 3.0889°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Aude |
| Arrondissement | Narbonne |
| Canton | Narbonne-2 |
| Intercommunality | Grand Narbonne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Didier Codorniou |
Area 1 | 43.65 km2 (16.85 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 5,068 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 11170 /11430 |
| Elevation | 0–200 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. | |
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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.