Hastingues

Hastingues
Gate of Hastingues from the 14th century
Location of Hastingues
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Peyrehorade
Intercommunality	Pays d'Orthe
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pierre Ducarre
Area 1	14.54 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Population  (2013)	591
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40120 /40300
Elevation	0–84 m (0–276 ft) (avg. 44 m or 144 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hastingues (Occitan: Hastings, Basque: Hastinga) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Its nickname, due to its location on a rounded-shaped hill, is lou Carcolh (the snail).

Geography

The town lies on a hill looking over the valley of the Gaves réunis, in the Gascon region and bordering on the Basque Country.

History

The bastide was founded in 1289 by John Hastings, seneschal of Gascony, who signed a treaty of coregency in the name of Edward I of England between the king, Duke of Aquitaine and the monks of Arthous abbey.

The work on the gate was started in 1289, but the town wall still was not complete in the 15th century.

The houses of Jurats and Sénéchal were built in the same century.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1793	900	—
1806	850	−5.6%
1821	850	+0.0%
1831	901	+6.0%
1841	942	+4.6%
1851	914	−3.0%
1861	850	−7.0%
1872	800	−5.9%
1881	755	−5.6%
1891	716	−5.2%
1901	690	−3.6%
1911	656	−4.9%
1921	541	−17.5%
1931	444	−17.9%
1946	441	−0.7%
1954	445	+0.9%
1962	417	−6.3%
1968	401	−3.8%
1975	408	+1.7%
1982	447	+9.6%
1990	472	+5.6%
1999	447	−5.3%
2008	559	+25.1%
2013	591	+5.7%

• 
  View from the town over the valley and the river
• 
  Maison Jurats
• 
  House of the Seneschal
• 
  Entrance of the house of the Seneschal
• 
  Detail of the gate

References

• INSEE statistics

See also

• Communes of the Landes department