Magescq

Magescq ( Occitan Magesc ) is a French small town with 1894 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Landes department in the region of Aquitaine. It belongs to the community association Maremne Adour Côte- Sud.

Geography

Magescq is located in the Landes Forest, the largest contiguous forest area in Western Europe, which consists mainly of maritime pines. The town lies on the border of the regions Marensin ( north ) and Maremne ( south ). Neighboring municipalities are Léon ( north ), Castets (northeast ), Herm ( east ), Saint -Paul- lès -Dax (southeast ), Rivière -Saas -et- Gourby and Saint- Geours -de- Maremne ( south) and Soustons ( west ).

The place is

• 37 km (airline ) northeast of Bayonne
• Road about 23 kilometers east of the Atlantic coast, which is here called the Côte d'Argent
• About 140 km south of Bordeaux
• About 14 km north- west of Dax, the most famous thermal baths of France at the foot of the Pyrenees

On the motorway A63 (Bordeaux - Biarritz ) the place is well connected transport. In addition, passing through the village, the road D16 ( Dax - Léon ), and the roads D116 and D150 have here their Anfangs-/Endpunkte. The nearest train station is can be reached in Dax, where in 4 hours Paris, the nearest airport is located in Biarritz.

Magescq is drained by the same stream which is a tributary of Lac de Soustons.

History

For the derivation of the name of the city, the municipal office are three possible variants, of which the two most intelligible are mentioned here:

• The city's name derives from the Occitan word mar (sea ) and i ei ( here or here was ). In fact, the place was before 12 to 15 million years once the sea.
• The name is of Latin ( Roman ) origin: Mosconum to the place at that time have been called. He lay on the trade route Antonin- path ( chemin d' Antonin ), the Bayonne Bordeaux Association, and was a trade center for the goods of interest. The former spelling was Milhescq or Miesq. If you take this in the context of the Celtic meaning, so there is a central market.

As previously traveling from Bayonne to Bordeaux lasted three days Magescq was an important stopover for several centuries.

Culture and sights

Center of the village is the church square ( Place de l' Église ) on which the church and the town hall ( Mairie ) are the main attractions. The church is a fortified church from the 12th - 14th Century and listed as a monument historique since 1969.

Economy

The main industries are the timber industry, farming and vegetable. Asparagus is cultivated here since 50 years. The place is known for the only star restaurant in the region, the Relais de la Poste.