Landes (department)
Landes (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃d] ⓘ; Gascon and Occitan: Lanas [ˈlanəs]; Basque: Landak) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Southwestern France, with a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It borders Gers to the east, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, to the south, Lot-et-Garonne to the north-east, and Gironde to the north. It also borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Located on the Atlantic coast, it had a population of 413,690 as of 2019. Its prefecture is Mont-de-Marsan.
Landes
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Prefecture building in Mont-de-Marsan | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location of Landes in France | |
| Coordinates: 44°0′N 0°50′W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Prefecture | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Subprefecture | Dax |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Xavier Fortinon (PS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,243 km2 (3,569 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 422,976 |
| • Rank | 59th |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 40 |
| Arrondissements | 2 |
| Cantons | 15 |
| Communes | 327 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
The department is the second-largest department in France and it covers the Forest of Landes. The southwestern part of the department is part of the wider conurbation of Biarritz and Bayonne across the Pyrénées-Atlantique border.
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