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Landes (department)

Index Landes (department)

The Landes (Gascon: Lanas) is a department in southwestern France. [1]

53 relations: Agriculture, Arrondissements of France, Arrondissements of the Landes department, Atlantic Ocean, Cantons of France, Cantons of the Landes department, Côte d'Argent, Central European Summer Time, Central European Time, Communes of France, Communes of the Landes department, Dax, Landes, Departments of France, Estuary, François Mauriac, France, Frédéric Bastiat, French Communist Party, French Revolution, Gascony, Gers, Gironde, Guyenne, Heath, Henri Emmanuelli, Labastide-d'Armagnac, Landes forest, List of French departments by population, List of presidents of departmental councils (France), List of sovereign states, Lot-et-Garonne, Lumber, Messanges, Landes, Mimizan, Miscellaneous right, Mont-de-Marsan, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitan language, Pine, Pinus pinaster, Prefectures in France, Provinces of France, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Regions of France, Resin, Sheep, Shepherd, Socialist Party (France), Soorts-Hossegor, Subprefectures in France, ..., Surfing, The Centrists, Union for a Popular Movement. Expand index (3 more) »

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Arrondissements of France

An arrondissement is a level of administrative division in France.

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Arrondissements of the Landes department

The 2 arrondissements of the Landes department are.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's arrondissements and departments.

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Cantons of the Landes department

The following is a list of the 15 cantons of the Landes department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.

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Côte d'Argent

Côte d’Argent (meaning Silver Coast) is a tourist name given to a section of the French Atlantic coast.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC+1) during the other part of the year.

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Central European Time

Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe and a few North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Communes of France

The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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Communes of the Landes department

The following is a list of the 330 communes of the Landes department of France.

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Dax, Landes

Dax (Dacs in Occitan) is a commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France, sub-prefecture of the Landes department.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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François Mauriac

François Charles Mauriac (11 October 1885 – 1 September 1970) was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française (from 1933), and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952).

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Frédéric Bastiat

Claude-Frédéric Bastiat (29 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was a French economist and writer who was a prominent member of the French Liberal School.

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French Communist Party

The French Communist Party (Parti communiste français, PCF) is a communist party in France.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

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Gascony

Gascony (Gascogne; Gascon: Gasconha; Gaskoinia) is an area of southwest France that was part of the "Province of Guyenne and Gascony" prior to the French Revolution.

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Gers

The Gers is a department in the Occitanie region in the southwest of France named after the Gers River.

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Gironde

Gironde (in Occitan Gironda) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwest France.

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Guyenne

Guyenne or Guienne (Guiana) was an old French province which corresponded roughly to the Roman province of Aquitania Secunda and the archdiocese of Bordeaux.

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Heath

A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.

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Henri Emmanuelli

Henri Emmanuelli (31 May 1945 – 21 March 2017) was a French politician.

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Labastide-d'Armagnac

Labastide-d'Armagnac is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France.

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Landes forest

The Landes forest (La forêt des Landes in French) or the Landes of Gascony (las Lanas de Gasconha in the Gascon language), in the historic Gascony natural region of southwestern France now known as Aquitaine, is the largest maritime-pine forest in Europe.

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List of French departments by population

This table lists the 101 French departments in descending order of population, area and population density.

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List of presidents of departmental councils (France)

In France, the President of the Departmental Council (French: Président du Conseil départemental) is the locally elected head of the Departmental Council, the assembly governing a departments in France.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Lot-et-Garonne

Lot-et-Garonne (Òlt e Garona) is a department in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers.

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Lumber

Lumber (American English; used only in North America) or timber (used in the rest of the English speaking world) is a type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production.

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Messanges, Landes

Messanges is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France.

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Mimizan

Mimizan is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France.

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Miscellaneous right

Miscellaneous right (divers droite, DVD) in France refers to right-wing candidates who are not members of any large party.

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Mont-de-Marsan

Mont-de-Marsan (Gascon: Lo Mont de Marçan) is a commune and capital of the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Nouvelle-Aquitaine ("New Aquitaine"; Nòva Aquitània; Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Novéle-Aguiéne) is the largest administrative region in France, located in the southwest of the country.

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Occitan language

Occitan, also known as lenga d'òc (langue d'oc) by its native speakers, is a Romance language.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.

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Pinus pinaster

Pinus pinaster, the maritime pine or cluster pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region.

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Prefectures in France

A prefecture (préfecture) in France may refer to.

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Provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the department (French: département) system superseded provinces.

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Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Pirinio Atlantiarrak or Pirinio Atlantikoak) is a department in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in southwestern France.

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Regions of France

France is divided into 18 administrative regions (région), including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions.

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Resin

In polymer chemistry and materials science, resin is a "solid or highly viscous substance" of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers.

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Sheep

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.

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Shepherd

A shepherd or sheepherder is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards herds of sheep.

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Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party (Parti socialiste, PS) is a social-democratic political party in France, and the largest party of the French centre-left.

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Soorts-Hossegor

Soorts-Hossegor (Sòrts e Òssagòr in Occitan) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France, 20 km (12 miles) north of Biarritz and Biarritz.

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Subprefectures in France

In France, a subprefecture (sous-préfecture) is the administrative center of a departmental arrondissement that does not contain the prefecture for its department.

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Surfing

Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore.

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The Centrists

The Centrists (Les Centristes, LC), formerly known as New Centre (Nouveau Centre, NC) and European Social Liberal Party (Parti Social Libéral Européen, PSLE), is a centre-right political party in France, formed by the members of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) – including 18 of the 29 members of the UDF in the National Assembly) – who did not agree with François Bayrou's decision to found the Democratic Movement (MoDem) and wanted to support the newly elected president Nicolas Sarkozy, continuing the UDF-Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) alliance. The party foundation was announced on 29 May 2007 during a press conference and renamed on 11 December 2016.

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Union for a Popular Movement

The Union for a Popular Movement (Union pour un mouvement populaire; UMP) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Socialist Party (PS).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landes_(department)

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