Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave

Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
The Château of Richard Cœur de Lion, in Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
Location of Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave
Coordinates: 44°03′52″N 1°01′25″E / 44.0644°N 1.0236°E / 44.0644; 1.0236
CountryFrance
RegionOccitania
DepartmentTarn-et-Garonne
ArrondissementCastelsarrasin
CantonGaronne-Lomagne-Brulhois
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Bernard Bouche
Area
1
29.34 km2 (11.33 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
2,287
  Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
82169 /82210
Elevation59–88 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.

Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ nikɔla la ɡʁav]; 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.