Arrondissements of the Landes department facts for kids
Imagine France as a big puzzle. Each piece is a 'department,' like a state or province. Inside these departments, there are smaller areas called arrondissements. You can think of them as districts or boroughs. They help manage the local areas.
The Landes department in France has two main arrondissements. Each arrondissement has a main city, called a 'subprefecture.' If the main city of the whole department is in an arrondissement, that city acts as both the department's capital and the arrondissement's capital.
These arrondissements are then split into even smaller parts. These are called 'cantons' and 'communes' (which are like towns or villages).
Here are the two arrondissements in the Landes department:
| INSEE code |
Arrondissement | Capital | Population (2014) |
Area (km²) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
Communes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Dax | Dax | 220,656 | 3,194.2 | 69.1 | 152 |
| 402 | Mont-de-Marsan | Mont-de-Marsan | 179,821 | 6,048.4 | 29.7 | 178 |
History of Arrondissements in Landes
The way the Landes department is organized has changed only a little over time.
- 1790: The Landes department was first created. It had four main districts: Dax, Mont-de-Marsan, Saint-Sever, and Tartas. The main city for the whole department was Mont-de-Marsan.
- 1800: The districts were changed into what we now call arrondissements. At this time, there were three: Mont-de-Marsan, Dax, and Saint-Sever.
- 1926: The arrondissement of Saint-Sever was removed. Its areas were then added to the other two arrondissements, Dax and Mont-de-Marsan. This is how the department ended up with two arrondissements, just like today.
Images for kids
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Map of arrondissements of the Landes department.
