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Mont-de-Marsan (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ də maʁsɑ̃]; Occitan: Lo Mont de Marçan[2]) is a commune and capital of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.[3]
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Prefecture and commune | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mont-de-Marsan  | |
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| Coordinates: 43°53′N 0°30′W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Landes |
| Arrondissement | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Canton | Mont-de-Marsan-1 and 2 |
| Intercommunality | Mont-de-Marsan Agglomération |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Charles Dayot |
| Area 1 | 36.88 km2 (14.24 sq mi) |
| Population | 29,807 |
| • Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 40192 /40000 |
| Elevation | 23–97 m (75–318 ft) (avg. 63 m or 207 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
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Military installations
The French Air and Space Force operates the Constantin Rozanoff Mont-de-Marsan Air Base about 2 kilometres north of the town. 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 Air Base was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA.
Sights
- The Donjon Lacataye is the keep of a 14th-century castle
- Despiau-Wlérick Museum (1930s sculpture by two local artists)
- Dubalen Museum
- Marechal Foch's equestrian statue
Culture
Stade Montois Club Omnisports is the city's main sports club: Stade Montois rugby and Stade Montois football are especially well-known. The city has around 9,000 sports licensees, which represents nearly 30% of its total population.
Two historic punk rock music festivals were held in Mont-de-Marsan's bullring in 1976 and 1977.
The Festival Arte Flamenco international festival was established 1989 in Mont-de-Marsan by the council of the Landes department and is the largest Flamenco festival outside of Spain.
Personalities
- Joël Bats, association football goalkeeper (1957 – )
- Patrick Biancone, horse racing trainer, (1952 – )
- Pierre Bosquet, Marshal of France, (1810–1861)
- Thomas Castaignède, rugby union footballer, (1975 – )
- Charles Despiau, sculptor, (1874–1946)
- Pierre Gensous, trade unionist, (1925–2017)
- Alain Juppé, politician and former Prime Minister of France, (1945 – )
- Gaëtan Laborde, association football player, (1994 - )
- Romain Larrieu, association football goalkeeper (1976 – )
- Louis-Anselme Longa, painter, (1809–1869)
- Abdoulaye Loum, basketball player
- Jean van de Velde, golfer, (1966 – )
- Fabien Vehlmann, comics writer, (1972 – )
- Genevieve Darrieussecq, the mayor of Mont-de-Marsan (2008–2017) and since 2017 Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces, (1956 – )
International relations
Mont-de-Marsan is twinned with:
Tudela, Navarre, Spain
Alingsås, Sweden
Climate
| Climate data for Mont-de-Marsan (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.2 (84.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
35.3 (95.5) |
40.4 (104.7) |
41.2 (106.2) |
42.5 (108.5) |
39.2 (102.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
42.5 (108.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.5 (3.09) |
69.4 (2.73) |
70.0 (2.76) |
87.8 (3.46) |
82.0 (3.23) |
63.3 (2.49) |
54.4 (2.14) |
64.6 (2.54) |
70.1 (2.76) |
91.6 (3.61) |
98.2 (3.87) |
87.0 (3.43) |
916.9 (36.10) |
| Average precipitation days | 11.2 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 120.4 |
| Average snowy days | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 89 | 80.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 91.7 | 109.3 | 168.5 | 172.7 | 196.0 | 209.9 | 228.7 | 217.5 | 193.4 | 145.6 | 93.9 | 81.2 | 1,908.4 |
| Source 1: Météo France[6][7] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days, 1961–1990)[8] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- Toponimia Occitana (in Occitan)
- INSEE commune file
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mont-de-Marsan, EHESS. (in French)
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- "Données climatiques de la station de Mont-de-Marsan" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- "Climat Aquitaine" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- "Normes et records 1961-1990: Mont-de-Marsan (40) - altitude 59m" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mont-de-Marsan.
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[de] Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan (okzitanisch Lo Mont de Marsan, auch: Lo Moun) ist eine französische Stadt mit 29.807 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Landes in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine und die größte Stadt des Départements. Sie ist Sitz der Präfektur des Départements. Die Präfektur verwaltet auch das Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan.- [en] Mont-de-Marsan
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