Rion-des-Landes

Rion-des-Landes is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Boos was merged into Rion-des-Landes.[2]

Rion-des-Landes
Commune
Château Bellegarde
Location of Rion-des-Landes
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Coordinates: 43°55′37″N 0°55′08″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Pays morcenais tarusate
Intercommunality	Pays Tarusate
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Laurent Civel
Area ^1	134.06 km^2 (51.76 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,986
• Density	22/km^2 (58/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40243 /40370
Elevation	46–103 m (151–338 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,300	—
1806	1,280	−1.5%
1821	1,332	+4.1%
1831	1,470	+10.4%
1841	1,537	+4.6%
1851	1,727	+12.4%
1861	2,174	+25.9%
1872	2,461	+13.2%
1881	2,357	−4.2%
1891	2,535	+7.6%
1901	2,560	+1.0%
1911	2,651	+3.6%
1921	2,581	−2.6%
1931	2,501	−3.1%
1946	2,434	−2.7%
1954	2,446	+0.5%
1962	2,512	+2.7%
1968	2,479	−1.3%
1975	2,635	+6.3%
1982	2,482	−5.8%
1990	2,329	−6.2%
1999	2,201	−5.5%
2008	2,330	+5.9%
2013	2,521	+8.2%

Notable residents

Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, also known as Maïté

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Arrêté préfectoral 25 November 2016 (in French)

Geography

Rion-des-Landes is located in the center of the Landes department.

To the north there is Garosse, Arjuzanx, Morcenx.

To the south there is a Boos, Lesgor.

To the west there is Lesperon.

To the east there is a Beylongue, Carcen-Ponsion.

Transport

 • Car : taxis

 • Bus

 • Bike

 • Pedestrian

Education

 • Middle School : Marie-Curie

 • Primary school : Jean-Menaux

Twinning

· French

· English

People related to the municipality

• Maïté, restaurateur and TV host

• Gérard dages, rugby player. Born on March 5, 1930 in Rion-des-Landes. Finalist of the French Rugby Championship in 1953 and 1959 with the Stade Mons (rugby union).