Benquet
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Benquet is a commune in France, situated within the canton of Mont-de-Marsan-Sud and the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan in the Landes department. It is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and shares borders with Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Bas-Mauco, Bretagne-de-Marsan, and Haut-Mauco. The official name of the municipality is Benquet, and it falls under the associated electoral district of the canton of Mont-de-Marsan-2.
The area of Benquet is 29.33, with an elevation above sea level recorded as 91. Its postal code is 40280. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 1913 residents, including 848 males and 884 females, while another records a population of 1409. The commune’s official website is communedebenquet.com, and it can be reached via the phone number +33-5-58-71-00-73.
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Place details
- Locality
- Benquet
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 1,409
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Benquet
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Benquet bourg 1.JPG
- French commune.caption
- Town hall
- French commune.arrondissement
- Mont-de-Marsan
- French commune.canton
- Mont-de-Marsan-2
- French commune.INSEE
- 40037
- French commune.postal code
- 40280
- French commune.mayor
- Pierre Mallet
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Mont-de-Marsan Agglomération
- French commune.elevation m
- 60
- French commune.elevation min m
- 46
- French commune.elevation max m
- 91
- French commune.area km2
- 29.33
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Official website
Benquet - Site officiel de la commune
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Benquet
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan
- Population
- 1878
- Area
- 29.33
- Elevation
- 73
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saint-Sever
- Official website
- www.communedebenquet.com
- Image
- Benquet bourg 1.JPG
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- Commons category
- Benquet
- postal code
- 40280
- associated electoral district
- canton of Mont-de-Marsan-2
- male population
- 848
- female population
- 884
- P8168
- Stargard
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-58-71-00-73
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Population
- Economy
- Twin cities
- Sights
- Religion and language
- Recreational activities
- Events
- See also
- References
- External links
Benquet () is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
==Geography== Benquet is situated south of Mont-de-Marsan, at the confines of the Landes forest and of the agricultural region of Chalosse. It is from the Atlantic Ocean.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Benquet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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