Mont-de-Marsan, Landes Département, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
🇫🇷 Mont-de-Marsan is a commune and capital of the Landes department, New Aquitaine, south-western France.
1Military installations The French Air and Space Force operates the Constantin Rozanoff Mont-de-Marsan Air Base about 2 km north of the town. 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 Air Base was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA.
1Sights • 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
1Culture Stade Montois Club Omnisports is the city's main sports club: Stade Montois rugby and Stade Montois football are especially well-known. The city has around 9,000 sports licensees, which represents nearly 30% of its total population.
Two historic punk rock music festivals were held in Mont-de-Marsan's bullring in 1976 and 1977.
The Festival Arte Flamenco international festival was established 1989 in Mont-de-Marsan by the council of the Landes department and is the largest Flamenco festival outside of Spain.
1Mont-de-Marsan, Landes department,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,France
Mont-de-Marsan has a population of over 29,683 people. Mont-de-Marsan also forms the centre of the wider Landes Département which has a population of over 418,122 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Mont-de-Marsan has links with:
🇸🇪 Alingsås, Sweden 🇪🇸 Tudela, Spain🇮🇹 Montecatini Terme 43.88
🇨🇦 Richmond Hill 43.876
🏴 Addlestone -0.49
🏴 Hemel Hempstead -0.469
🏴 Rickmansworth -0.466
🏴 Hillingdon -0.455
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Antipodal to: Mont-de-Marsan 179.494,-43.894
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🇳🇿 Napier 176.9,-39.505 d: 19481.7
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🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19536.5
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19536.5
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19531.4