Mont-de-Marsan
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Mont-de-Marsan | |
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Prefecture and commune | |
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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. |
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]
Population
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Source: EHESS[5] and INSEE (1968-2017)[6] |
Military installations
The
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 IV
A.
Sights
- The Donjon Lacataye is the keep of a 14th-century castle
- Despiau-Wlérick Museum (1930s sculpture by two local artists)
- Dubalen Museum
- Marechal Foch's equestrian statue
Culture
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
Overall, 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
- 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
Mont-de-Marsan is twinned with:
- Tudela, Navarre, Spain
- Alingsås, Sweden
Climate
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 (%)
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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
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mont-de-Marsan.
- Official website (in English)