Sorde-l'Abbaye
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Country | |
| Arrondissement | Dax | |
| Canton | Orthe et Arrigans | |
| Community association | Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 32 ′ N , 1 ° 3 ′ W | |
| height | 2–135 m | |
| surface | 16.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 631 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 40300 | |
| INSEE code | 40306 | |
 Saint-Jean monastery church and town hall of Sorde-l'Abbaye |
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Sorde-l'Abbaye ( Occitan : Sorda l'Abadia ) is a French municipality with 631 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ) in southwestern France. It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dax and the canton of Orthe et Arrigans (until 2015: canton of Peyrehorade ). The inhabitants are called Sordais or Sordians .
geography
Sorde-l'Abbaye is located around 33 kilometers east-northeast of Bayonne on the Gave d'Oloron . Neighboring municipalities of Sorde-l'Abbaye are Cauneille in the north, Labatut in the northeast, Saint-Cricq-du-Gave and Lahontan in the east, Carresse-Cassaber in the south and southeast, Saint-Pé-de-Léren and Léren in the south, Came in the Southwest and Oeyregave to the west.
The community is on the Via Turonensis , a variant of the Camino de Santiago .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 628 | 637 | 616 | 572 | 569 | 535 | 628 | 655 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean Monastery, built on Gallo-Roman structures (preserved mosaics), Monument historique , part of the World Heritage Site of St. James
