Aire-sur-l'Adour

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Commune of Aire-sur-l'Adour

Former market place in Aire-sur-l'Adour
Location
Longitude 0° 15' 42" W
Latitude 43° 42' 14" N
Administration
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).
France
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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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