Solférino

Solférino
Commune
Town hall
Solférino Solférino
Coordinates: 44°08′47″N 0°54′57″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Haute Lande Armagnac
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Raymonde Piedanna
Area 1	97.83 km2 (37.77 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40303 /40210
Elevation	74–85 m (243–279 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Solférino (French pronunciation: ​[sɔlfeʁino]; Occitan: Solferino) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

It was created in 1863 by Napoléon III by uniting several neighboring communities. It is named after the Battle of Solferino.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1866 592 —     1872 508 −14.2% 1881 476 −6.3% 1891 565 +18.7% 1901 594 +5.1% 1911 472 −20.5% 1921 465 −1.5% 1931 333 −28.4% 1946 389 +16.8%

Year Pop. ±% 1954 340 −12.6% 1962 418 +22.9% 1968 447 +6.9% 1975 486 +8.7% 1982 414 −14.8% 1990 403 −2.7% 1999 348 −13.6% 2008 351 +0.9% 2013 346 −1.4%

See also

• Communes of the Landes department
• Parc naturel régional des Landes de Gascogne