Rion-des-Landes

Rion-des-Landes
Château Bellegarde
Location of Rion-des-Landes
Rion-des-Landes
Rion-des-Landes
Coordinates: 43°55′37″N 0°55′08″W / 43.9269°N 0.9189°W / 43.9269; -0.9189
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentLandes
ArrondissementDax
CantonPays morcenais tarusate
IntercommunalityPays Tarusate
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Laurent Civel[1]
Area
1
134.06 km2 (51.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
3,115
 • Density23.24/km2 (60.18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
40243 /40370
Elevation46–103 m (151–338 ft)
(avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rion-des-Landes (French pronunciation: [ʁjɔ̃ de lɑ̃d]; Occitan: Arrion, before 1962: Rion)[3] is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.[4] On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Boos was merged into Rion-des-Landes.[5]

Geography

Rion-des-Landes is located in the centre of the Landes department.

Château Bellegarde in Rion-des-Landes. It dates to the 14th century.

Population

Education

  • Middle School : Marie-Curie
  • Primary school : Jean-Menaux

Notable residents

  • Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, also known as Maïté, restaurateur, actress and TV presenter
  • Gérard Dages, rugby player, born on 5 March 1930 in Rion-des-Landes. Finalist of the French Rugby Championship in 1953 and 1959 with the Stade Montois.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677.
  4. ^ INSEE commune file
  5. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 25 November 2016 (in French)
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rion-des-Landes, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ "Populations légales 2012: Commune de Rion-des-Landes (40243)".
  8. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE