Aire-sur-l'Adour, Landes Département, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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🇫🇷 Aire-sur-l'Adour (Aira d'Ador; Aira) is a commune in the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south-western France.

It lies on the river Adour in the wine area of south-west France. It is an episcopal see of the Diocese of Aire and Dax. The nearest large towns are Mont-de-Marsan to the north and Pau to the south.

History Aire (Atura, Vicus Julii) once was the residence of the kings of the Visigoths. Here in 506 Alaric II drew up his code, the Breviarium Alaricianum.

Famed bullfighter Iván Fandiño died in Aire-sur-l'Adour after being gored by a bull on 17 June 2017.

Sights • Aire Cathedral, built in the 11th century but renovated in the 14th and 17th centuries. • The Gothic church of Sainte-Quitterie is dedicated to Saint Quiteria, who, according to Christian tradition, was beheaded here in the fifth century. This church is on the pilgrima.

Mont-de-Marsan, Landes department,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,France 
Mont-de-Marsan, Landes department,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,France
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Aire-sur-l'Adour has a population of over 6,220 people. Aire-sur-l'Adour also forms part of the wider Mont-de-Marsan Arrondissement which has a population of over 181,294 people. It is also a part of the larger Landes Département. Aire-sur-l'Adour is situated near Mont-de-Marsan.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Aire-sur-l'Adour has links with:

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Antipodal to Aire-sur-l'Adour is: 179.74,-43.7

Locations Near: Aire-sur-l'Adour -0.26,43.7

🇫🇷 Mont-de-Marsan -0.506,43.894 d: 29.3  

🇫🇷 Tarbes 0.081,43.238 d: 58.3  

🇫🇷 Oloron-Sainte-Marie -0.615,43.19 d: 63.5  

🇫🇷 Condom 0.371,43.962 d: 58.4  

🇫🇷 Gers 0.457,43.693 d: 57.7  

🇫🇷 Bagnères-de-Bigorre 0.15,43.065 d: 78  

🇫🇷 Dax -1.055,43.709 d: 64  

🇫🇷 Auch 0.582,43.646 d: 68  

🇫🇷 Langon -0.249,44.557 d: 95.3  

🇫🇷 Agen 0.621,44.205 d: 90.2  

Antipodal to: Aire-sur-l'Adour 179.74,-43.7

🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19561.5  

🇳🇿 Hastings 176.843,-39.645 d: 19504.1  

🇳🇿 Napier 176.9,-39.505 d: 19492.3  

🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19510.7  

🇳🇿 Gisborne 178.016,-38.659 d: 19436.3  

🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19536  

🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19532.7  

🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19532.7  

🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19526.9  

🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19521.9  

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