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Mont-de-Marsan (môN-də-märsäN'), town (1990 pop. 31,864), capital of Landes dept., SW France. It is a commercial center where important fairs are held. The town's products include lumber, goose-liver pâté, and machinery.


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Coordinates: 43°53′29″N 0°29′58″W / 43.89138888889°N 0.49944444444°W / 43.89138888889; -0.49944444444

Commune of Mont-de-Marsan

Confluent Mont de Marsan.JPG
Confluence of the Douze and Midou rivers in Mont-de-Marsan
Location
Mont-de-Marsan is located in France
Mont-de-Marsan
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Landes
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Intercommunality Marsan
Mayor Geneviève Darrieussecq
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 23–97 m (75–320 ft)
(avg. 63 m/210 ft)
Land area1 36.88 km2 (14.24 sq mi)
Population2 30,700  (2005)
 - Density 832 /km2 (2,150 /sq mi)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 40192/ 40000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Mont-de-Marsan is a commune and capital of the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.

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Monuments and sites

  • The Donjon Lacataye is the keep of a 14th century castle
  • Despiau-Wlérick Museum (1930s sculpture by two local artists)

Sport

People born in Mont-de Marsan

Miscellaneous

Two historic punk rock music festivals were held in Mont-de-Marsan's bullring in 1976 and 1977.

Mont-de-Marsan airbase is a major installation of the Armée de l'Air. The base includes CEAM (the French air force military experience center), an air defense radar command reporting centre, and an air defence control training site. Mont-de-Marsan airbase was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA.

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