Arrondissement of Dax

The district Dax is an administrative district in the Landes department in the French region of Aquitaine.

History

On 4 March 1790, founded with the establishment of departments of Landes, a " district Dax ", being the present arrondissement in parts. On February 17, 1800 from the district was established.

With the dissolution of the arrondissement of Saint -Sever on September 10, 1926 four cantons were added to the district Dax.

See also: History country.

Geography

The district is bordered to the north and east by the district of Mont -de- Marsan, in the south of the arrondissement Pau and Bayonne in the department of Pyrénées- Atlantiques and to the west by the Gulf of Biscay.

Management

The district is subdivided into 13 cantons:

  • Amou
  • Castets
  • Dax North
  • Montfort -en- Chalosse
  • Mugron
  • Peyrehorade
  • Pouillon
  • Saint -Martin -de- Seignanx
  • Saint -Vincent -de- Tyrosse
  • Soustons
  • Tartas -Est
  • Tartas -Ouest

See also: List of cantons in the Landes department

Communities

The largest municipalities are the arrondissement ( > 5,000 inhabitants (1999)):

  • Dax ( 19,515 )
  • Saint -Paul- lès -Dax ( 10,226 )
  • Tarnos ( 10,076 )
  • Capbreton ( 6659 )
  • Soustons ( 5743 )
  • Saint -Vincent -de- Tyrosse ( 5,360 )

Agen | Arcachon | Bayonne | Bergerac | Blaye Bordeaux | Dax | Langon | Lesparre -Médoc | Libourne | Marmande | Mont -de- Marsan | Nerac | Nontron | Oloron -Sainte -Marie | Pau | Périgueux | Sarlat- la -Caneda | Villeneuve -sur -Lot

  • Arrondissement in Aquitaine
  • Landes department
Cantons of France Arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan Arrondissement of Pau Arrondissement of Bayonne Municipality Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse Arrondissement of Agen Arrondissement of Arcachon Arrondissement of Bergerac Arrondissement of Blaye Arrondissement of Bordeaux Arrondissement of Langon Arrondissement of Libourne Arrondissement of Marmande Arrondissement of Nontron Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie Arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot
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