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Landes
''Landes'', or ''Lanas'' in Gascon, means moorland or heath. ''Landes'' and ''Lanas'' come from the Latin ''plānus'' meaning “‘flat, even, level, plain’”. They are therefore cognate with the English plain (and plane), the Spanish word '' llanos'' and the Italian word ''piano''. Places *Landes (department), a department of France *Landes forest or Landes of Gascony, a natural region in the southwest of France * Landes, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime département * Landes, West Virginia, United States * Landes-sur-Ajon * Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes, Brittany * Rion-des-Landes * Centre d'Essais des Landes, launch site for testing military rockets Other uses * Landes (surname) See also * Cantons of the Landes department * Arrondissements of the Landes department * Communes of the Landes department The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landes Of Gascony
The Landes de Gascogne (in Gascon, classic spelling ''las Lanas de Gasconha'', Fébusienne spelling ''leus Lanes de Gascougne''), or Gascony Moors, is a natural region of France of nearly . It extends over three departments: Gironde, Landes and Lot-et-Garonne, and includes 386 communes. The region is a flat, sandy plain in the west of the Aquitaine Basin beside the Atlantic Ocean. The interior is cut off from the sea by a barrier of dunes. It is dominated by pine forests that cover 66% of the territory, with islets of agriculture over 18% of the territory. Before humans began to modify the landscape the Landes de Gascogne was covered by a mixed forest of deciduous and coniferous trees. This was largely cleared by around 600 AD and replaced by moorland (''landes''). Both sheep and cattle grazed here, but an epizootic in 1775 destroyed the cows and only sheep remained. The popular image of the Landes was that of a Gascon shepherd standing on stilts to watch over his flock. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of The Landes Department
The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * *Communauté d'agglomération Mont-de-Marsan Agglomération
Mont-de-Marsan Agglomération is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Mon ...
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Landes (department)
Landes (; oc, label= Gascon and Occitan, Lanas ; eu, Landak) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Southwestern France, with a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It borders Gers to the east, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, to the south, Lot-et-Garonne to the north-east, and Gironde to the north. It also borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Located on the Atlantic coast, it had a population of 413,690 as of 2019.Populations légales 2019: 40 Landes INSEE Its is . The department is the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landes Forest
The Landes forest (; La forêt des Landes in French) in the Landes de Gascogne (las Lanas de Gasconha in the Gascon language), in the historic Gascony natural region of southwestern France now known as Aquitaine, is the largest man-made woodland in Western Europe. The French word, ''landes'' and Gascon ''lanas'', mean 'moors' or 'heaths', from Transalpine Gaulish *''landa'' ("uninhabited/uncultivated area"); compare Irish ''lann'', Welsh ''llan'' (“enclosure”). Geography The forest (also known as the 'moors of Gascony', and formerly, the 'moors of Bordeaux') covers a large portion of Landes and Gironde, two of the departments of France; it also spills over into parts of the Lot-et-Garonne department. The sources of several rivers can be found in this region, including the sources of the Leyre, the Boudigau, the Ciron, and the Gat Mort. The largest towns within the forest are Arcachon, Dax, and Mont-de-Marsan. Origin as a pine plantation The forest is composed mostly of m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landes (surname)
Landes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Landes (1929–2014), rabbi * Alejandro Landes (born 1980), film director * Bertha Knight Landes (1868–1943), mayor of Seattle * Daniel Landes, rabbi * David Landes (1924–2013), economist * Dawn Landes (born 1980), musician * Jimmy Landes (born 1992), American football long * Lewis Landes (1891–1972), U.S. Army colonel * Michael Landes (born 1972), American actor * Richard Landes (born 1949), historian * Roger Landes (1916–2008), agent and radio operator during World War II * Ruth Landes (1908–1991), anthropologist * Silas Z. Landes (1842–1910), American politician * Stan Landes (1923–1994), baseball umpire An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The term derives from the Old French nonper, ''non'', "not" and ''per'', ... * Steve Landes (born 1959), American po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rion-des-Landes
Rion-des-Landes (; oc, Arrion) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Boos was merged into Rion-des-Landes. 25 November 2016 Geography Rion-des-Landes is located in the center of the Landes department.Population Education *Middle School : Marie-Curie *Primary school : Jean-MenauxNotable residents *Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, also known as Maïté, restaurateur, actress and TV presenter *Gérard Dages, rugby player. Born on March 5, 1930 in Rion-des-Landes. Finalist of the French Rugby Championship in 1953 and 1959 with the |
Arrondissements Of The Landes Department
The 2 arrondissements of the Landes department are: # Arrondissement of Dax, (subprefecture: Dax) with 152 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 224,716 in 2016. # Arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan, (prefecture of the Landes department: Mont-de-Marsan) with 175 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 180,294 in 2016. History In 1800 the arrondissements of Mont-de-Marsan, Dax and Saint-Sever were established. The arrondissement of Saint-Sever was disbanded in 1926. References {{Arrondissements of France Landes ''Landes'', or ''Lanas'' in Gascon, means moorland or heath. ''Landes'' and ''Lanas'' come from the Latin ''plānus'' meaning “‘flat, even, level, plain’”. They are therefore cognate with the English plain (and plane), the Spanish word '' ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landes-sur-Ajon
Landes-sur-Ajon () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados department The following is a list of the 528 communes of the Calvados department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Calvados (department) Calvados communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Calvados-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes (; br, Sant-Eler-al-Lann) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes is located northeast of Rennes and south of Mont Saint-Michel. The adjacent communes are Le Tiercent, Baillé, Saint-Étienne-en-Coglès, Saint-Sauveur-des-Landes, Saint-Marc-sur-Couesnon, and Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux. Population See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The following is a list of the 333 Communes of France, communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020): References External links Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of The Landes Department
The following is a list of the 15 cantons of the Landes department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: * Adour Armagnac * Chalosse Tursan * Côte d'Argent Côte d’Argent (; ) is a name given to part of the Atlantic coast of the Aquitaine region in France. Etymology The term was first coined to describe the Aquitaine coast in 1905 by the journalist and poet Maurice Martin. The Congrès national d ... * Coteau de Chalosse * Dax-1 * Dax-2 * Grands Lacs * Haute Lande Armagnac * Marensin Sud * Mont-de-Marsan-1 * Mont-de-Marsan-2 * Orthe et Arrigans * Pays morcenais tarusate * Pays Tyrossais * Seignanx References {{Cantons of France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gascon Language
Gascon (; , ) is the name of the vernacular Romance languages, Romance variety spoken mainly in the region of Gascony, France. It is often considered a variety (linguistics), variety of Occitan language, Occitan, although some authors consider it a different language.Cf. Gerhard Rohlfs, Rohlfs, Gerhard. 1970. ''Le Gascon. Études de philologie pyrénéenne'', 2e éd. Tubingen, Max Niemeyer, & Pau, Marrimpouey jeune. Gascon is mostly spoken in Gascony and Béarn (Béarnese dialect) in southwestern France (in parts of the following French ''départements'': Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Landes (department), Landes, Gers, Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne, and Ariège (department), Ariège) and in the Val d'Aran of Catalonia. Aranese language, Aranese, a southern Gascon variety, is spoken in Catalonia alongside Catalan language, Catalan and Spanish. Most people in the region are trilingual in all three languages, causing some influence from Spanish and Catalan. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landes, Charente-Maritime
Landes () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Charente-Maritime {{CharenteMaritime-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
