La Grange Animation is a coworking space with accommodation on an old family farm in Pomarez, in the Landes region of south-west France. Open since 2021, it welcomes freelancers, remote workers, teams and animation professionals, with 130 m² of coworking space in a renovated cowshed and a 200 m² guest house with 5 bedrooms on site.

La Grange Animation is located at 1534 Route de l’Amérique, 40360 Pomarez, France. It is a 4-minute drive from Pomarez village, about 30 minutes from Dax, and one hour’s drive from the Atlantic Ocean, the Pyrenees and the Basque Country.

La Grange Animation welcomes freelancers and remote workers looking for a quiet place to work, digital nomads, teams on retreats or working trips, and animation professionals: artists, producers and artistic residencies. You can come alone or as a group, for half a day or for several months.

La Grange Animation is run by Clément Dartigues, an animation professional. He grew up on this family farm, worked in the animation industry for about fifteen years, then came back to Pomarez to turn the farm buildings into a workspace and guest house with his family.

The La Grange Animation coworking space is open Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., excluding public holidays.

The coworking space covers 130 m² and has 10 desks: 8 standard desks and 2 electric height-adjustable desks. The coworking-only offer, for people staying elsewhere, is available for up to 8 people at a time.

The coworking space includes an open space, a 20 m² soundproof meeting room with an interactive screen, a printer, a fully equipped kitchen, a lounge area with hammocks and a sofa, parking and wheelchair-accessible toilets. Coffee and tea are free, and the building has underfloor heating. Workstations, graphic tablets and dual screens are available for rent.

La Grange Animation has fiber-optic internet since summer {{TO CONFIRM: YEAR}}, with download speeds of around 936 Mb/s and upload speeds of around 500 Mb/s. Wi-Fi also reaches the outdoor areas, and a wired Ethernet connection is available.

At La Grange Animation, coworking costs €12 per half-day, €18 per day, €72 per week and €210 per month, VAT included. Prices vary depending on the type of desk (standard or electric) and whether you rent a workstation. Contact us for full details.

Yes. The La Grange Animation guest house is a renovated 200 m² farmhouse next to the coworking space. It has 5 bedrooms and sleeps up to 10 people: a ground-floor annex with a bedroom, private bathroom and terrace, plus 4 bedrooms upstairs with a large bathroom. Two bedrooms have twin single beds; the other three have a 160 cm bed.

The guest house has a fully equipped kitchen, a large living room with a flat-screen TV, a wood-burning stove, air conditioning and two terraces. Outside, guests can use a wood-fired pizza oven, a barbecue and plancha, a solar outdoor shower, a large vegetable garden, the guinguette (garden bar), a DIY workshop, free bikes, a ping-pong table, mölkky and pétanque. Fresh eggs from the chicken coop are free.

The La Grange Animation coworking + accommodation package costs €72 per night (minimum 3 nights), €320 per week and €990 per month, VAT included. Prices vary depending on the bed (single or double) and the bathroom (private or shared). The larger the group, the lower the price per person.

Yes, accommodation is booked for a minimum of 3 nights. Coworking alone is available from half a day.

Yes. The La Grange Animation meeting room is 20 m², soundproof, with modular tables and an interactive screen. It costs €18 per hour, €36 per half-day (4 hours), €48 per day and €162 per week, VAT included. Contact us to check availability.

There is no online booking. You can book through the contact form on this website, by email at grangeanimation@gmail.com or by phone at +33 6 48 25 43 21. For stays, we arrange a phone or video call before your arrival to tell you more about life at La Grange Animation.

Yes. La Grange Animation hosts team stays, retreats, private events and artistic residencies, and can organize tailor-made stays to suit your needs. The larger the group, the lower the price per person.

Children are welcome in the guest house, under their parents’ supervision. However, they are not allowed in the coworking space, which is a workplace, or in the workshop.

Pets are generally welcome, but dogs must be kept on a leash because of the chickens. The nearby main road can also be dangerous, so we strongly recommend keeping all pets on a leash.

The nearest station is Dax, on the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique high-speed line, about 3 hours 27 minutes from Paris by TGV. From Dax, bus line 528 leaves from the bus station right outside the train station; timetables are limited, so check with the operator on +33 5 58 05 66 00 or at accueil@rrtl.fr. You can also rent a car at the station (Europcar and Enterprise are nearby), take a taxi or carpool with other residents. For long stays, we can pick you up at the station if needed.

The nearest airports are Biarritz and Pau, both about an hour from Pomarez by car. Bordeaux is about 2 hours away by car, or 1 hour 30 minutes by train to Dax. Toulouse is about 2 hours away by car. You can also fly to Paris and take the TGV to Dax.

Pomarez is about 1 hour by car from Bayonne and Pau, and about 2 hours from Bordeaux and Toulouse. Free parking is available on site.

A car is recommended, as La Grange Animation is in the countryside. Pomarez village, with all amenities, is 4 minutes away by car, 10 minutes by bike or 30 minutes on foot. Bikes are lent free of charge on site; the route to the village is mostly on small country lanes, but take care on the last stretch along the main road.

La Grange Animation is calm, friendly and family-run. We live at the pace of the seasons, often share meals and love introducing guests to local specialties, but everyone is free to live at their own pace. The work area and the living spaces are clearly separated, so you can always find a quiet spot. Pomarez village also has a brand-new gym with evening classes and yoga, a pizzeria and a taco restaurant.

The surf beaches of Capbreton and Hossegor are about 45 minutes away, and the Pyrenees and the Basque Country about an hour away. Nearby, you can visit Dax, famous for its thermal baths and Roman heritage, the Courant d’Huchet nature reserve near Moliets, the prehistory museum of Brassempouy, the Musée de la Chalosse in Montfort-en-Chalosse, Armagnac distilleries, and spa towns such as Salies-de-Béarn and Eugénie-les-Bains. In summer, local festivals and the course landaise, a traditional bull game in which the animal is not killed, are worth seeing.

Pomarez has a market several times a week, an Intermarché supermarket, a smaller Proximarché, bakeries, a butcher and local shops. Dax, about 30 minutes away, has a Carrefour, an Auchan and a Biocoop organic store. Many local farms also sell fruit, vegetables, eggs, duck, foie gras and cheese directly.