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Gastes
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Gastes (; ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is located in the Landes forest, between Mimizan and Biscarrosse.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gastes
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 440
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Gastes
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Gastes2.jpg
- French commune.caption
- ''L'Etang de Gastes''
- French commune.arrondissement
- Mont-de-Marsan
- French commune.canton
- Grands Lacs
- French commune.INSEE
- 40108
- French commune.postal code
- 40160
- French commune.mayor
- Françoise Douste
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Grands Lacs
- French commune.elevation m
- 24
- French commune.elevation min m
- 2
- French commune.elevation max m
- 60
- French commune.area km2
- 35.23
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Gastas
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan
- Population
- 925
- Area
- 35.23
- Elevation
- 26
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Saint-Paul-en-Born
- Official website
- www.gastes.fr
- Image
- Gastes2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gastes
- postal code
- 40160
- associated electoral district
- canton of Grands Lacs
- male population
- 407
- female population
- 409
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-58-09-75-03
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Population
- References
- See also
Gastes (; ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is located in the Landes forest, between Mimizan and Biscarrosse.
== Etymology == The name of the commune, ', comes from Latin ', which means an "empty/deserted land". It synonymous with French ''''.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gastes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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