Landes (department)
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Landes 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 sou
Prefecture building in Mont-de-Marsan
A view of Soorts-Hossegor
The Landes forest in Contis
The Lake of Biscarrosse
Landes forest
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The Landes forest in the Landes de Gascogne, 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 l
Landes (department)
…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. Landes is one…
A stand of Pinus pinaster
Jean-Louis Gintrac (1808–1886), Inhabitants of the Landes, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux; first half 19th century; oil on canvas; 32x46 cm.