Saint-Pandelon

Saint-Pandelon is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Saint-Pandelon
Commune
Town Hall
Location of Saint-Pandelon
Saint-Pandelon Saint-Pandelon
Coordinates: 43°40′14″N 1°02′15″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Dax-2
Intercommunality	Grand Dax
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Carrere
Area ^1	9.18 km^2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	715
• Density	78/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40277 /40180
Elevation	1–61 m (3.3–200.1 ft) (avg. 45 m or 148 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is located in Chalosse on the river Luy.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1962 521 —     1968 523 +0.4% 1975 574 +9.8% 1982 600 +4.5%

Year Pop. ±% 1990 627 +4.5% 1999 668 +6.5% 2008 746 +11.7% 2013 704 −5.6%

Sights

• Saint-Pantaléon-et-Saint-Barthélemy Church
• The salt fountain
• Saline water
• Some castles:
  • the Ducros castle, before it was the castle of bishops,
  • the Hercular's castle,
  • the Haubardin castle,
  • the Laureta castle,
  • the Herran castle.

Local life

Town celebration is the last week-end of August.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

• INSEE statistics

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.