Mont-de-Marsan
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Mont-de-Marsan | |
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Location of Mont-de-Marsan  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Landes |
| Arrondissement | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Intercommunality | Marsan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Geneviève Darrieussecq |
| Area 1 | 36.88 km2 (14.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | 30,162 |
| • Density | 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 40192 /40000 |
| Elevation | 23–97 m (75–318 ft) (avg. 63 m or 207 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Mont-de-Marsan (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ də maʁsɑ̃]; Gascon: Lo Mont de Marçan[1]) is a commune and capital of the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1793 | 4,000 | — |
| 1806 | 5,256 | +31.4% |
| 1821 | 3,065 | −41.7% |
| 1831 | 3,774 | +23.1% |
| 1841 | 4,465 | +18.3% |
| 1851 | 4,655 | +4.3% |
| 1861 | 5,574 | +19.7% |
| 1872 | 8,138 | +46.0% |
| 1881 | 10,878 | +33.7% |
| 1891 | 12,031 | +10.6% |
| 1901 | 11,604 | −3.5% |
| 1911 | 12,091 | +4.2% |
| 1921 | 10,836 | −10.4% |
| 1931 | 11,854 | +9.4% |
| 1946 | 14,055 | +18.6% |
| 1954 | 17,120 | +21.8% |
| 1962 | 20,191 | +17.9% |
| 1968 | 24,444 | +21.1% |
| 1975 | 26,166 | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 27,326 | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 28,328 | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 29,489 | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 30,230 | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 31,018 | +2.6% |
Military installations
Mont-de-Marsan airbase « Constantin Rozanoff » is a major installation of the French Air Force. The base includes CEAM (the French air force military experimentation and trials organisation), an air defense radar command reporting centre, and an air defence control training site. Mont-de-Marsan airbase was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA.
Sights
- The Donjon Lacataye is the keep of a 14th-century castle
- Despiau-Wlérick Museum (1930s sculpture by two local artists)
- Dubalen Museum
- Marechal Foch's equestrian statue
Climate
| Climate data for Mont-de-Marsan (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.2 (84.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
35.3 (95.5) |
40.4 (104.7) |
41.2 (106.2) |
42.5 (108.5) |
36.7 (98.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
42.5 (108.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
14.1 (57.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−19.8 (−3.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.5 (3.09) |
69.4 (2.73) |
70.0 (2.76) |
87.8 (3.46) |
82.0 (3.23) |
63.3 (2.49) |
54.4 (2.14) |
64.6 (2.54) |
70.1 (2.76) |
91.6 (3.61) |
98.2 (3.87) |
87.0 (3.43) |
916.9 (36.10) |
| Average precipitation days | 11.2 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 120.4 |
| Average snowy days | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 84 | 77 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 89 | 80.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 91.7 | 109.3 | 168.5 | 172.7 | 196.0 | 209.9 | 228.7 | 217.5 | 193.4 | 145.6 | 93.9 | 81.2 | 1,908.4 |
| Source 1: Météo France[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity and snowy days, 1961–1990)[4] | |||||||||||||
Culture
Stade Montois is the city's rugby and football team.
Two historic punk rock music festivals were held in Mont-de-Marsan's bullring in 1976 and 1977.
Festival Arte Flamenco international festival created in 1989 in Mont-de-Marsan by the council of the Landes department.
Personalities
- Joël Bats, association football goalkeeper (1957 – )
- Patrick Biancone, horse racing trainer, (1952 – )
- Pierre Bosquet, Marshal of France, (1810–1861)
- Thomas Castaignède, rugby union footballer, (1975 – )
- Charles Despiau, sculptor, (1874–1946)
- Alain Juppé, politician and former Prime Minister of France, (1945 – )
- Romain Larrieu, association football goalkeeper (1976 – )
- Louis-Anselme Longa, painter, (1809-1869)
- Abdoulaye Loum, basketball player
- Jean van de Velde, golfer, (1966 – )
- Fabien Vehlmann, comics writer, (1972 – )
International relations
Mont-de-Marsan is twinned with:
Tudela, Navarre, Spain
See also
References
- ^ Toponimia Occitana Template:Oc icon
- ^ "Données climatiques de la station de Mont-de-Marsan" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Climat Aquitaine" (in French). Meteo France. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Normes et records 1961-1990: Mont-de-Marsan (40) - altitude 59m" (in French). Infoclimat. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
External links
- Official website (in English)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mont-de-Marsan.
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