Rion-des-Landes

Rion-des-Landes
Commune
Château Bellegarde
Rion-des-Landes Rion-des-Landes
Coordinates: 43°55′37″N 0°55′08″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Pays morcenais tarusate
Intercommunality	Pays Tarusate
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Civel
Area 1	134.06 km2 (51.76 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40243 /40370
Elevation	46–103 m (151–338 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rion-des-Landes (French pronunciation: ​[ʁjɔ̃ de lɑ̃d]; Occitan: Arrion) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Boos was merged into Rion-des-Landes.

Geography

Rion-des-Landes is located in the center of the Landes department.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1793 1,300 —     1806 1,280 −1.5% 1821 1,332 +4.1% 1831 1,470 +10.4% 1841 1,537 +4.6% 1851 1,727 +12.4% 1861 2,174 +25.9% 1872 2,461 +13.2% 1881 2,357 −4.2% 1891 2,535 +7.6% 1901 2,560 +1.0% 1911 2,651 +3.6%

Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,581 −2.6% 1931 2,501 −3.1% 1946 2,434 −2.7% 1954 2,446 +0.5% 1962 2,512 +2.7% 1968 2,479 −1.3% 1975 2,635 +6.3% 1982 2,482 −5.8% 1990 2,329 −6.2% 1999 2,201 −5.5% 2008 2,330 +5.9% 2013 2,521 +8.2%

Education

• Middle School : Marie-Curie
• Primary school : Jean-Menaux

Notable residents

• Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, also known as Maïté, restaurateur, actress and TV presenter
• Gérard Dages, rugby player. Born on March 5, 1930 in Rion-des-Landes. Finalist of the French Rugby Championship in 1953 and 1959 with the Stade Montois.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department