landes

Landes
Coat of Arms of Landes Details
Information
Number	40
Region	Aquitaine
Prefecture	Mont-de-Marsan
Subprefecture	Dax
Population - Total (1999) - Density	Ranked 68th 327,334 35 /km
Area	9,243 km
Arrondissements	2
Cantons	30
Communes	331
President of the general council	XX
Location
Location of Landes in France

Landes is a dpartement in southern France.

History

Historically, Landes was part of Gascony. It was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the provinces of Guyenne and Gascony.

Landes is part of the current region of Aquitaine and is surrounded by the departments of Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Gers, and Pyrnes-Atlantiques, as well as the Atlantic Ocean on the west.

Landes is also the name of a commune in the Charente-Maritime dpartement, in France.

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