Landes

French department

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Landes is a department (administrative region) located in southwestern France, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is notable for its extensive forests, coastal areas along the Atlantic Ocean, and its role as part of France's territorial organization.

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Official name: Landes
Population: 433570
Area: 9243
Official website: www.landes.fr
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inception: 1790-03-04
Commons category: Landes (department)
Commons gallery: Landes
annual number of weddings: 1378
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native label: Lanas

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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 also borders Gers to the east, Pyrénées-Atlantiques to the south, Lot-et-Garonne to the north-east, and Gironde to the north. Located on the Atlantic coast, it had a population of 433,570 as of 2023. Its prefecture is Mont-de-Marsan.

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.