Biscarrosse
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| Commune of Biscarrosse |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 01° 09' 46" W |
| Latitude | 44° 23' 39" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Aquitaine |
| Département | Landes |
| Arrondissement | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Canton | Parentis |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de commune des Grands Lacs |
| Mayor | Alain Dudon (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–78 m (avg. 26 m) |
| Land area¹ | 160.48 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
9,281 |
| - Density (1999) | 57.8/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 40046/ 40600 |
| 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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Biscarrosse is a town and commune in the Landes département of western France, located south west of Bordeaux (50 km). It is a seaside resort.
Near Biscarrosse, at , there is the CEL (national test centre) from which numerous French military rockets have been launched for test purposes. Likewise, the CEL has facilities for launching civilian rockets to study the upper atmosphere.
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