Landes (Department, France)

Last modified: 2007-01-13 by ivan sache
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Administrative data

Code: 40
Region: Aquitaine
Traditional provinces: Guyenne-et-Gascogne
Bordering departments: Gers, Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Area: 9,243 km²
Population (1995): 318,300 inhabitants

Préfecture: Mont-de-Marsan
Sous-préfecture: Dax
Subdivisions: 2 arrondissements, 30 cantons, 331 communes.

The department is named after the region of Landes (moors).