Landes (department)
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| + | '''Landes''' is a [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] [[Regions of France|region]] of Southwestern [[France]], with a long coastline on the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west. It borders [[Gers]] to the east, [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]], to the south, [[Lot-et-Garonne]] to the north-east, and [[Gironde]] to the north. It also borders the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the west. Located on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast, it had a population of 405,010 as of 2016. Its [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] is [[Mont-de-Marsan]]. | ||
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| + | The department is the second-largest department in France and its covers the [[Landes forest|Forest of Landes]]. | ||
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| - | '''Aquitaine''' is one of the 26 [[regions of France]], in the south-western part of [[metropolitan France]], along the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pyrenees]] mountain range on the border with [[Spain]]. In the Middle Ages it was a kingdom and later a duchy, with boundaries considerably larger than the modern ones. It comprises the 5 departments of [[Dordogne]], [[Lot et Garonne]], [[Pyrenees Atlantiques]], [[Landes (department)|Landes]] and [[Gironde]]. | ||
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Landes is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France, with a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It borders Gers to the east, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, to the south, Lot-et-Garonne to the north-east, and Gironde to the north. It also borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Located on the Atlantic coast, it had a population of 405,010 as of 2016. Its prefecture is Mont-de-Marsan.
The department is the second-largest department in France and its covers the Forest of Landes.
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