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Gastes (French pronunciation: ​[ɡast]; Occitan: Gastas) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.[3] It is located in the Landes forest, between Mimizan and Biscarrosse.

Gastes
Commune
L'Etang de Gastes
Location of Gastes
Gastes
Gastes
Coordinates: 44°19′38″N 1°08′42″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentLandes
ArrondissementMont-de-Marsan
CantonGrands Lacs
IntercommunalityGrands Lacs
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Françoise Douste[1]
Area
1
35.23 km2 (13.60 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[2]
862
 • Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
40108 /40160
Elevation2–60 m (6.6–196.9 ft)
(avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Etymology


The name of the commune, Gastes, comes from Latin vastas, which means an "empty/deserted land". It synonymous with French gâtine.[4]


Population


Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793214—    
1806211−1.4%
1821222+5.2%
1831229+3.2%
1841259+13.1%
1851229−11.6%
1861333+45.4%
1872390+17.1%
1881339−13.1%
1891379+11.8%
1901368−2.9%
1911410+11.4%
YearPop.±%
1921385−6.1%
1931279−27.5%
1946235−15.8%
1954216−8.1%
1962234+8.3%
1968205−12.4%
1975259+26.3%
1982281+8.5%
1990368+31.0%
1999410+11.4%
2008571+39.3%
2013639+11.9%

References


  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. Bénédicte Boyrie-Fénié et Jean-Jacques Fénié (2009). Dictionnaire des Landes (in French). Editions SUD OUEST. p. 159.

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