Tarnos

Tarnos is the fifth largest city with 12,007 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Landes department of the French region of Aquitaine. It belongs to the canton of Saint -Martin -de- Seignanx and the Local Government Association Seignanx.

Geography

Tarnos located in the southwest of the Landes region in the Côte d' Argent ( silver coast), north of the mouth of the Adour and thus north of Labourd, 5 kilometers north of Bayonne, 7.4 kilometers northeast of Anglet and 12 kilometers northeast of Biarritz, between the neighboring communities Boucau in the southwest and Ondres in the Northeast. The municipal area covers 2700 hectares, 75 % of which is agricultural land or natural, 25 % are cultivated.

History

The place name comes from the Gallo -Roman period (52 BC to 486) and consists of the name Tarinus and the Iberian syllable -os, " estate", so it means " estate of Tarinus ". However Tarnos was first mentioned in the 12th century. The fortified church of Tarnos was built in the 12th century, it was a Commandery of the Order of Malta. She was a focal point for pilgrims of St James, who used the Voie de Soulac, an alternative to the Via Turonensis.

Originally flowed the Adour from south to north through the city. The engineer and architect Louis de Foix ( 1530/1538-1602/1604 ) had built a dam that blocked the Adour to the north, so that the flow was passed directly into the sea. The new course of the river was inaugurated on October 28, 1578.

1855 station of Boucau was inaugurated, which was then still part of Tarnos. 1857 Boucau became independent. To 1883, the ironworks Forges de l' Adour were established, which led to an upswing in Tarnos. By 1963, the economic situation of the city was closely associated with the iron industry.

Twinning

Since 1998 Tarnos maintains a twinning with Serpa in Portugal.

Culture

Tarnos with two flowers in the Conseil national des villes et villages fleuris ( National Council of flowery towns and villages ) represented. The " flowers " are awarded as part of a regional competition, a maximum of three flowers can be achieved.

Traffic

Tarnos, located on the road 70/Europastraße 5 9.4 km south-west lies the Biarritz airport and the nearest commercial port is the Port de Bayonne.