Rion-des-Landes
Rion-des-Landes | |
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Château Bellegarde | |
Location of Rion-des-Landes | |
Rion-des-Landes Rion-des-Landes | |
| Coordinates: 43°55′37″N 0°55′08″W / 43.9269°N 0.9189°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Landes |
| Arrondissement | Dax |
| Canton | Pays morcenais tarusate |
| Intercommunality | Pays Tarusate |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurent Civel[1] |
Area 1 | 134.06 km2 (51.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,142 |
| • Density | 23.44/km2 (60.70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 40243 /40370 |
| Elevation | 46–103 m (151–338 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rion-des-Landes (French pronunciation: [ʁjɔ̃ de lɑ̃d]; Occitan: Arrion, before 1962: Rion)[3] is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.[4] On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Boos was merged into Rion-des-Landes.[5]
Geography
Rion-des-Landes is located in the centre of the Landes department.
Château Bellegarde in Rion-des-Landes was built in the first half of the 19th century.[6]
Population
The population data in the table below refer to the commune of Rion-des-Landes proper, in its geography at the given years.
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Education
- Middle School : Marie-Curie
- Primary school : Jean-Menaux
Notable residents
- Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, also known as Maïté, restaurateur, actress and TV presenter
- Gérard Dages, rugby player, born on 5 March 1930 in Rion-des-Landes. Finalist of the French Rugby Championship in 1953 and 1959 with the Stade Montois.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 25 November 2016 (in French)
- ^ Rion, Cœur d'Histoire, p. 10.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rion-des-Landes, EHESS (in French).
- ^ "Populations légales 2012: Commune de Rion-des-Landes (40243)".
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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