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Mont-de-Marsan (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ də maʁsɑ̃]; Occitan: Lo Mont de Marçan[3]) is a commune and capital of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.[4]
Mont-de-Marsan | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mont-de-Marsan  | |
  Mont-de-Marsan  Mont-de-Marsan | |
| Coordinates: 43°53′N 0°30′W / 43.89°N 0.50°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Landes |
| Arrondissement | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Canton | Mont-de-Marsan-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | Mont-de-Marsan Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Charles Dayot[1] |
| Area 1 | 36.88 km2 (14.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 30,674 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 40192 /40000 |
| Elevation | 23–97 m (75–318 ft) (avg. 63 m or 207 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
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| Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Military installations
editThe French Air and Space Force operates the Constantin Rozanoff Mont-de-Marsan Air Base about 2 kilometres north of the town. The base includes CEAM (the French air force military experimentation and trials organisation), an air defense radar command reporting centre and an air defence control training site. Mont-de-Marsan Air Base was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA.
Sights
edit- The Donjon Lacataye is the keep of a 14th-century castle
- Despiau-Wlérick Museum (1930s sculpture by two local artists)
- Dubalen Museum
- Maréchal Foch's equestrian statue
Culture
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Stade Montois Club Omnisports is the city's main sports club: Stade Montois rugby and Stade Montois football are especially well-known. The city has around 9,000 sports licensees, which represents nearly 30% of its total population.
Two historic punk rock music festivals were held in Mont-de-Marsan's bullring in 1976 and 1977.
The Festival Arte Flamenco international festival was established 1989 in Mont-de-Marsan by the council of the Landes department and is the largest Flamenco festival outside of Spain.
Economy
editOverall, three sectors dominate the economic activity of Mont-de-Marsan:
- The agri-food sector: centered around poultry (duck, chicken, foie gras), and primarily corn, with major companies based here (Delpeyrat, Maïsadour…);
- The forestry sector: several companies contribute to the activities of the Industries and Future Maritime Pine competitiveness cluster;
- The Military Aeronautical Experimentation Center: the Mont-de-Marsan Air Base (BA 118) is one of the main operational bases for the French Air Force.
Personalities
edit- Joël Bats, association football goalkeeper (1957 – )
- Patrick Biancone, horse racing trainer, (1952 – )
- Pierre Bosquet, Marshal of France, (1810–1861)
- Thomas Castaignède, rugby union footballer, (1975 – )
- Charles Despiau, sculptor, (1874–1946)
- Pierre Gensous, trade unionist, (1925–2017)
- Alain Juppé, politician and former Prime Minister of France, (1945 – )
- Gaëtan Laborde, association football player, (1994 - )
- Romain Larrieu, association football goalkeeper (1976 – )
- Louis-Anselme Longa, painter, (1809–1869)
- Abdoulaye Loum, basketball player
- Jean van de Velde, golfer, (1966 – )
- Fabien Vehlmann, comics writer, (1972 – )
- Geneviève Darrieussecq, the mayor of Mont-de-Marsan (2008–2017) and since 2017 Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces, (1956 – )
International relations
editMont-de-Marsan is twinned with:
Tudela, Navarre, Spain
Alingsås, Sweden
Climate
edit| Climate data for Mont-de-Marsan (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
30.1 (86.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
35.3 (95.5) |
40.4 (104.7) |
41.2 (106.2) |
42.5 (108.5) |
39.2 (102.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
42.5 (108.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.5 (3.09) |
69.4 (2.73) |
70.0 (2.76) |
87.8 (3.46) |
82.0 (3.23) |
63.3 (2.49) |
54.4 (2.14) |
64.6 (2.54) |
70.1 (2.76) |
91.6 (3.61) |
98.2 (3.87) |
87.0 (3.43) |
916.9 (36.10) |
| Average precipitation days | 11.2 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 120.4 |
| Average snowy days | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 89 | 80.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 91.7 | 109.3 | 168.5 | 172.7 | 196.0 | 209.9 | 228.7 | 217.5 | 193.4 | 145.6 | 93.9 | 81.2 | 1,908.4 |
| Source 1: Météo France[7][8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days, 1961–1990)[9] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Toponimia Occitana (in Occitan)
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mont-de-Marsan, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Mont-de-Marsan" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Climat Aquitaine" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Normes et records 1961-1990: Mont-de-Marsan (40) - altitude 59m" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
External links
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- Official website (in English)
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