Landes department

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The Landes department is an administrative region in southwestern France known for its vast Atlantic coastline, extensive pine forests, and strong surfing and spa tourism.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Landes department canonical 20
Landes department in France 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French department
administrativeDivisionOf Nouvelle-Aquitaine
borders Atlantic Ocean
Gers
Gironde
Lot-et-Garonne
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
capital Mont-de-Marsan
contains Arcachon Bay area
linked to: Arcachon

Biscarrosse
Capbreton
Dax
Hossegor
Landes forest
Mimizan
Mont-de-Marsan
country France
departmentNumber 40
governmentType departmental council
hasClimate oceanic climate
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
hasLegislativeBody Conseil départemental des Landes
hasMainRiver Adour
Leyre
hasMajorEconomicActivity agriculture
forestry
surf-related services
tourism
hasNaturalFeature Atlantic beaches
pine plantations
sand dunes
historicalLanguage Basque (in small areas historically)
Gascon Occitan
knownFor extensive pine forests
spa tourism
surfing tourism
vast Atlantic coastline
languageUsed French
locatedIn Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
linked to: Nouvelle-Aquitaine

southwestern France
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
partOf Metropolitan France
historical region of Gascony
prefecture Mont-de-Marsan
subprefecture Dax
tourismType seaside tourism
surf tourism
thermal spa tourism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Landes forest locatedIn Landes department
Autoroute A63 crosses Landes department
Pouy, Landes, France locatedIn Landes department
Tercis-les-Bains locatedIn Landes department
subject linked to: Tercis-les-Bains, France
Ciron River sourceLocation Landes department
Lady of Brassempouy placeOfDiscovery Landes department
Tarnos locatedIn Landes department
Aire-sur-l’Adour locatedIn Landes department
Aire-sur-l’Adour isSubprefectureOf Landes department
Dax locatedIn Landes department
Viscount of Tartas regionToday Landes department
Montfort-en-Chalosse locatedIn Landes department
Hagetmau locatedIn Landes department
Mont-de-Marsan locatedIn Landes department
Mont-de-Marsan capitalOf Landes department
Dax locatedIn Landes department
subject linked to: Dax, Landes, France
Parentis-en-Born locatedIn Landes department
Château de Latché locatedInDepartment Landes department
subject linked to: Château de Latché, France
Midouze flowsThrough Landes department
Diocese of Aire et Dax region Landes department
Diocese of Aire et Dax territoryIncludes Landes department in France
linked to: Landes department