Gastes

Gastes
Commune
L'Etang de Gastes
Gastes Gastes
Coordinates: 44°19′38″N 1°08′42″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Grands Lacs
Intercommunality	Grands Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Françoise Douste
Area 1	35.23 km2 (13.60 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40108 /40160
Elevation	2–60 m (6.6–196.9 ft) (avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gastes (French pronunciation: ​[ɡast]; Occitan: Gastas) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is located in the Landes forest, between Mimizan and Biscarrosse.

Etymology

The name of the commune, Gastes, comes from Latin vastas, which means an "empty/deserted land". It synonymous with French gâtine.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 214 —     1806 211 −1.4% 1821 222 +5.2% 1831 229 +3.2% 1841 259 +13.1% 1851 229 −11.6% 1861 333 +45.4% 1872 390 +17.1% 1881 339 −13.1% 1891 379 +11.8% 1901 368 −2.9% 1911 410 +11.4%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 385 −6.1% 1931 279 −27.5% 1946 235 −15.8% 1954 216 −8.1% 1962 234 +8.3% 1968 205 −12.4% 1975 259 +26.3% 1982 281 +8.5% 1990 368 +31.0% 1999 410 +11.4% 2008 571 +39.3% 2013 639 +11.9%

See also

• Communes of the Landes department