Mont-de-Marsan

Mont-de-Marsan

Confluence of the Douze and Midou rivers in Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Landes
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Intercommunality Marsan
Mayor Geneviève Darrieussecq
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 23–97 m (75–318 ft)
(avg. 63 m/207 ft)
Land area1 36.88 km2 (14.24 sq mi)
Population2 30,162  (2008)
 - Density 818 /km2 (2,120 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 40192/ 40000
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Mont-de-Marsan is a commune and capital of the Landes department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Mont-de-Marsan airbase « Constantin Rozanoff » is a major installation of the French Air Force. 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 airbase was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA.

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Main sights

Culture

Stade Montois is the city's rugby and football team.

Two historic punk rock music festivals were held in Mont-de-Marsan's bullring in 1976 and 1977.

Festival Arte Flamenco international festival created in 1989 in Mont-de-Marsan by the council of the Landes department.

People born in Mont-de Marsan

External links

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