Landes (depairtment)
French depairtment
Landes (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃d]; Gascon: Lanas Occitan pronunciation: ['lanəs]) is a depairtment in soothwastren Fraunce.
Landes Lanas | |
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Prefectur biggin o the Landes depairtment, in Mont-de-Marsan | |
Location o Landes in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 44°0′N 0°50′W / 44.000°N 0.833°WCoordinates: 44°0′N 0°50′W / 44.000°N 0.833°W | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Aquitaine |
Prefectur | Mont-de-Marsan |
Subprefecturs | Dax |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Henri Emmanuelli |
Area | |
• Total | 9243 km2 (3,569 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 367,492 |
• Rank | 65t |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment nummer | 40 |
Arrondissements | 2 |
Cantons | 15 |
Communes | 331 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 |