Aire-sur-l'Adour
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Commune of Aire-sur-l'Adour Former market place in Aire-sur-l'Adour |
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Location | |
Longitude | 0° 15' 42" W |
Latitude | 43° 42' 14" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Région | Aquitaine |
Département | Landes |
Arrondissement | Mont-de-Marsan |
Canton | Aire-sur-l'Adour (chief town) |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes d'Aire-sur-l'Adour |
Mayor | Robert Cabe (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 68 m–176 m (avg. 80 m) |
Land area¹ | 58 km² |
Population² (1999) |
6,003 |
- Density (1999) | 104/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 40001/ 40800 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Aire-sur-l'Adour is a small town and commune in the Landes département, in the Aquitaine région of France.
It lies on the river Adour. It is an episcopal see of the Diocese of Aire and Dax. The next larger places are Mont-de-Marsan to the north and Pau to the south.
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