Arrondissement of Dax
The arrondissement of Dax is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Landes département. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Dax.
Dax | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Landes |
| No. of communes | 152 |
| Subprefecture | Dax |
| Area | 3,194.2 km2 (1,233.3 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 231,593 |
| INSEE code | 401 |
History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Dax was one of them in the Landes department.[2]
Geography
The arrondissement of Dax is in the southwest of the Landes department; it has an area of 3,194.2 km2 (1,233 sq mi),[3] and a population of 220,656 inhabitants; its population density is of 69.1 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement is bordered to the north and east by the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan, to the south by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and to the west by the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean).
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Dax, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Côte d'Argent and Pays morcenais tarusate. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code | Canton | Arrondissements | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dax | Mont-de-Marsan | |||
| 4003 | Côte d'Argent | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 4004 | Coteau de Chalosse | 50 | 50 | |
| 4005 | Dax-1 | 10 + part of Dax | 10 + part of Dax | |
| 4006 | Dax-2 | 9 + part of Dax | 9 + part of Dax | |
| 4009 | Marensin-Sud | 12 | 12 | |
| 4012 | Orthe et Arrigans | 24 | 24 | |
| 4013 | Pays morcenais tarusate | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| 4014 | Pays tyrossais | 11 | 11 | |
| 4015 | Seignanx | 8 | 8 | |
Communes
The arrondissement of Dax has 152 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
- Amou (40002)
- Angoumé (40003)
- Angresse (40004)
- Argelos (40007)
- Arsague (40011)
- Audon (40018)
- Azur (40021)
- Baigts (40023)
- Bassercles (40027)
- Bastennes (40028)
- Bégaar (40031)
- Bélus (40034)
- Bénesse-lès-Dax (40035)
- Bénesse-Maremne (40036)
- Bergouey (40038)
- Beylongue (40040)
- Beyries (40041)
- Biarrotte (40042)
- Biaudos (40044)
- Bonnegarde (40047)
- Brassempouy (40054)
- Cagnotte (40059)
- Candresse (40063)
- Capbreton (40065)
- Carcarès-Sainte-Croix (40066)
- Carcen-Ponson (40067)
- Cassen (40068)
- Castaignos-Souslens (40069)
- Castelnau-Chalosse (40071)
- Castel-Sarrazin (40074)
- Castets (40075)
- Cauneille (40077)
- Caupenne (40078)
- Clermont (40084)
- Dax (40088)
- Doazit (40089)
- Donzacq (40090)
- Estibeaux (40095)
- Gaas (40101)
- Gamarde-les-Bains (40104)
- Garrey (40106)
- Gaujacq (40109)
- Gibret (40112)
- Goos (40113)
- Gourbera (40114)
- Gousse (40115)
- Gouts (40116)
- Habas (40118)
- Hastingues (40120)
- Hauriet (40121)
- Herm (40123)
- Heugas (40125)
- Hinx (40126)
- Josse (40129)
- Labatut (40132)
- Labenne (40133)
- Lahosse (40141)
- Laluque (40142)
- Lamothe (40143)
- Larbey (40144)
- Laurède (40147)
- Léon (40150)
- Lesgor (40151)
- Le Leuy (40153)
- Lévignacq (40154)
- Linxe (40155)
- Lit-et-Mixe (40157)
- Louer (40159)
- Lourquen (40160)
- Magescq (40168)
- Marpaps (40173)
- Maylis (40177)
- Mées (40179)
- Meilhan (40180)
- Messanges (40181)
- Mimbaste (40183)
- Misson (40186)
- Moliets-et-Maa (40187)
- Montfort-en-Chalosse (40194)
- Mouscardès (40199)
- Mugron (40201)
- Narrosse (40202)
- Nassiet (40203)
- Nerbis (40204)
- Nousse (40205)
- Oeyregave (40206)
- Oeyreluy (40207)
- Onard (40208)
- Ondres (40209)
- Orist (40211)
- Orthevielle (40212)
- Orx (40213)
- Ossages (40214)
- Ozourt (40216)
- Pey (40222)
- Peyrehorade (40224)
- Pomarez (40228)
- Pontonx-sur-l'Adour (40230)
- Port-de-Lanne (40231)
- Pouillon (40233)
- Poyanne (40235)
- Poyartin (40236)
- Préchacq-les-Bains (40237)
- Rion-des-Landes (40243)
- Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby (40244)
- Saint-André-de-Seignanx (40248)
- Saint-Aubin (40249)
- Saint-Barthélemy (40251)
- Saint-Cricq-du-Gave (40254)
- Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse (40271)
- Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe (40256)
- Saint-Geours-d'Auribat (40260)
- Saint-Geours-de-Maremne (40261)
- Saint-Jean-de-Lier (40263)
- Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq (40264)
- Saint-Julien-en-Born (40266)
- Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse (40268)
- Saint-Lon-les-Mines (40269)
- Saint-Martin-de-Hinx (40272)
- Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx (40273)
- Saint-Michel-Escalus (40276)
- Saint-Pandelon (40277)
- Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (40279)
- Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (40283)
- Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse (40284)
- Saint-Yaguen (40285)
- Saubion (40291)
- Saubrigues (40292)
- Saubusse (40293)
- Saugnac-et-Cambran (40294)
- Seignosse (40296)
- Seyresse (40300)
- Siest (40301)
- Soorts-Hossegor (40304)
- Sorde-l'Abbaye (40306)
- Sort-en-Chalosse (40308)
- Souprosse (40309)
- Soustons (40310)
- Taller (40311)
- Tarnos (40312)
- Tartas (40313)
- Tercis-les-Bains (40314)
- Téthieu (40315)
- Tilh (40316)
- Tosse (40317)
- Toulouzette (40318)
- Uza (40322)
- Vicq-d'Auribat (40324)
- Vielle-Saint-Girons (40326)
- Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains (40328)
- Villenave (40330)
- Yzosse (40334)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
| INSEE code | Commune | Population[4] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40088 | Dax | 20,485 | Dax-1 and Dax-2 | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax |
| 40279 | Saint-Paul-lès-Dax | 13,189 | Dax-1 | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Dax |
| 40312 | Tarnos | 12,354 | Seignanx | Le Seignanx |
| 40065 | Capbreton | 8,586 | Pays tyrossais | Maremne Adour Côte Sud |
| 40284 | Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 7,717 | Pays tyrossais | Maremne Adour Côte Sud |
| 40310 | Soustons | 7,611 | Marensin-Sud | Maremne Adour Côte Sud |
| 40133 | Labenne | 5,864 | Pays tyrossais | Maremne Adour Côte Sud |
| 40273 | Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx | 5,016 | Seignanx | Le Seignanx |
| 40209 | Ondres | 4,924 | Seignanx | Le Seignanx |
