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Landes
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Place details
- Locality
- Landes
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 560
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Department
- Charente-Maritime
- Arrondissement
- Saint-Jean-d'Angély
- Canton
- Saint-Jean-d'Angély
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Michel Pelletier
- Area
- 16.05 km (6.20 sq mi)
- Density
- 35.8/km (92.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 17202 /17380
- Elevation
- 6–76 m (20–249 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Landes
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély
- Population
- 575
- Area
- 16.05
- Elevation
- 37
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Essouvert
- Image
- Landes CM 1.JPG
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- Commons category
- Landes (Charente-Maritime)
- postal code
- 17380
- associated electoral district
- canton of Saint-Jean-d'Angély
- male population
- 306
- female population
- 305
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-46-59-73-17
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Travel guide
Understand
Landes is known for its large pine forest which is the raw material for a timber and resin industries in the region. The forest was planted in the early nineteenth century to prevent erosion of the region's sandy soil by the sea.
Do
Bicycle riding: there are many kilometers of flat trails through the pine forests Sun-bathing, swimming: many beaches from crowded to isolated await you Camping: Landes is a favorite camping destination with more than 100 campgrounds from 1-star to 4-star available Surfing: Landes is home of some of the best surfing spots not only in Europe but the World. In September surfing Professionals meet in Hossegor for the Quik Pro France
Eat
Foie gras (goose or duck) was born in this department. The Landes is indeed the land of good food: Apéritif with floc de Gascogne (sweet wine with Armagnac), Landes salad (candied gizzards, corn, pine nuts, smoked duck breasts), candied duck legs or "Blonde d'Aquitaine" beef, Armagnac tourtière (apple puff pastries) and Armagnac pousse-café.
Stay safe
Be careful when you spend a night at the gas stations along the main freeway.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
Landes ( French pronunciation: [lɑ̃d] ) is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Landes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.