Mont-de-Marsan

Mont-de-Marsan

Confluence of the Douze and Midou rivers

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Mont-de-Marsan

Coordinates: 43°53′N 0°30′W / 43.89°N 0.50°W / 43.89; -0.50Coordinates: 43°53′N 0°30′W / 43.89°N 0.50°W / 43.89; -0.50
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Landes
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Intercommunality Marsan
Government
  Mayor (2008–2014) Geneviève Darrieussecq
Area1 36.88 km2 (14.24 sq mi)
Population (2008)2 30,162
  Density 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Mont-de-Marsan (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ də maʁsɑ̃]; Gascon: Lo Mont de Marçan[1]) is a commune and capital of the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17934,000    
18065,256+31.4%
18213,065−41.7%
18313,774+23.1%
18414,465+18.3%
18514,655+4.3%
18615,574+19.7%
18728,138+46.0%
188110,878+33.7%
189112,031+10.6%
190111,604−3.5%
191112,091+4.2%
192110,836−10.4%
193111,854+9.4%
194614,055+18.6%
195417,120+21.8%
196220,191+17.9%
196824,444+21.1%
197526,166+7.0%
198227,326+4.4%
199028,328+3.7%
199929,489+4.1%
200630,230+2.5%
201231,018+2.6%

Military installations

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.

Sights

Climate

Climate data for Mont-de-Marsan (1981–2010)
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)
36.7
(98.1)
33.6
(92.5)
26.4
(79.5)
23.9
(75)
42.5
(108.5)
Average high °C (°F) 10.7
(51.3)
12.4
(54.3)
16.1
(61)
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)
6.2
(43.2)
10.1
(50.2)
13.3
(55.9)
15.2
(59.4)
15.0
(59)
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
(3.091)
69.4
(2.732)
70.0
(2.756)
87.8
(3.457)
82.0
(3.228)
63.3
(2.492)
54.4
(2.142)
64.6
(2.543)
70.1
(2.76)
91.6
(3.606)
98.2
(3.866)
87.0
(3.425)
916.9
(36.098)
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[2][3]
Source #2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days, 1961–1990)[4]

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.

Personalities

International relations

Mont-de-Marsan is twinned with:

See also

References

  1. Toponimia Occitana (Occitan)
  2. "Données climatiques de la station de Mont-de-Marsan" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  3. "Climat Aquitaine" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  4. "Normes et records 1961-1990: Mont-de-Marsan (40) - altitude 59m" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
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