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.

## History

When the _arrondissements_ were created in 1800, Dax was one of them in the Landes department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Dax is in the southwest of the Landes department; it has an area of , and a population of 220,656 inhabitants; its population density is of  inhabitants/km².

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).

### Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="2" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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):

1. Amou <small>(40002)</small>
1. Angoumé <small>(40003)</small>
1. Angresse <small>(40004)</small>
1. Argelos <small>(40007)</small>
1. Arsague <small>(40011)</small>
1. Audon <small>(40018)</small>
1. Azur <small>(40021)</small>
1. Baigts <small>(40023)</small>
1. Bassercles <small>(40027)</small>
1. Bastennes <small>(40028)</small>
1. Bégaar <small>(40031)</small>
1. Bélus <small>(40034)</small>
1. Bénesse-lès-Dax <small>(40035)</small>
1. Bénesse-Maremne <small>(40036)</small>
1. Bergouey <small>(40038)</small>
1. Beylongue <small>(40040)</small>
1. Beyries <small>(40041)</small>
1. Biarrotte <small>(40042)</small>
1. Biaudos <small>(40044)</small>
1. Bonnegarde <small>(40047)</small>
1. Brassempouy <small>(40054)</small>
1. Cagnotte <small>(40059)</small>
1. Candresse <small>(40063)</small>
1. Capbreton <small>(40065)</small>
1. Carcarès-Sainte-Croix <small>(40066)</small>
1. Carcen-Ponson <small>(40067)</small>
1. Cassen <small>(40068)</small>
1. Castaignos-Souslens <small>(40069)</small>
1. Castelnau-Chalosse <small>(40071)</small>
1. Castel-Sarrazin <small>(40074)</small>
1. Castets <small>(40075)</small>
1. Cauneille <small>(40077)</small>
1. Caupenne <small>(40078)</small>
1. Clermont <small>(40084)</small>
1. Dax <small>(40088)</small>
1. Doazit <small>(40089)</small>
1. Donzacq <small>(40090)</small>
1. Estibeaux <small>(40095)</small>
1. Gaas <small>(40101)</small>
1. Gamarde-les-Bains <small>(40104)</small>
1. Garrey <small>(40106)</small>
1. Gaujacq <small>(40109)</small>
1. Gibret <small>(40112)</small>
1. Goos <small>(40113)</small>
1. Gourbera <small>(40114)</small>
1. Gousse <small>(40115)</small>
1. Gouts <small>(40116)</small>
1. Habas <small>(40118)</small>
1. Hastingues <small>(40120)</small>
1. Hauriet <small>(40121)</small>
1. Herm <small>(40123)</small>
1. Heugas <small>(40125)</small>
1. Hinx <small>(40126)</small>
1. Josse <small>(40129)</small>
1. Labatut <small>(40132)</small>
1. Labenne <small>(40133)</small>
1. Lahosse <small>(40141)</small>
1. Laluque <small>(40142)</small>
1. Lamothe <small>(40143)</small>
1. Larbey <small>(40144)</small>
1. Laurède <small>(40147)</small>
1. Léon <small>(40150)</small>
1. Lesgor <small>(40151)</small>
1. Le Leuy <small>(40153)</small>
1. Lévignacq <small>(40154)</small>
1. Linxe <small>(40155)</small>
1. Lit-et-Mixe <small>(40157)</small>
1. Louer <small>(40159)</small>
1. Lourquen <small>(40160)</small>
1. Magescq <small>(40168)</small>
1. Marpaps <small>(40173)</small>
1. Maylis <small>(40177)</small>
1. Mées <small>(40179)</small>
1. Meilhan <small>(40180)</small>
1. Messanges <small>(40181)</small>
1. Mimbaste <small>(40183)</small>
1. Misson <small>(40186)</small>
1. Moliets-et-Maa <small>(40187)</small>
1. Montfort-en-Chalosse <small>(40194)</small>
1. Mouscardès <small>(40199)</small>
1. Mugron <small>(40201)</small>
1. Narrosse <small>(40202)</small>
1. Nassiet <small>(40203)</small>
1. Nerbis <small>(40204)</small>
1. Nousse <small>(40205)</small>
1. Oeyregave <small>(40206)</small>
1. Oeyreluy <small>(40207)</small>
1. Onard <small>(40208)</small>
1. Ondres <small>(40209)</small>
1. Orist <small>(40211)</small>
1. Orthevielle <small>(40212)</small>
1. Orx <small>(40213)</small>
1. Ossages <small>(40214)</small>
1. Ozourt <small>(40216)</small>
1. Pey <small>(40222)</small>
1. Peyrehorade <small>(40224)</small>
1. Pomarez <small>(40228)</small>
1. Pontonx-sur-l'Adour <small>(40230)</small>
1. Port-de-Lanne <small>(40231)</small>
1. Pouillon <small>(40233)</small>
1. Poyanne <small>(40235)</small>
1. Poyartin <small>(40236)</small>
1. Préchacq-les-Bains <small>(40237)</small>
1. Rion-des-Landes <small>(40243)</small>
1. Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby <small>(40244)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Seignanx <small>(40248)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin <small>(40249)</small>
1. Saint-Barthélemy <small>(40251)</small>
1. Saint-Cricq-du-Gave <small>(40254)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse <small>(40271)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe <small>(40256)</small>
1. Saint-Geours-d'Auribat <small>(40260)</small>
1. Saint-Geours-de-Maremne <small>(40261)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Lier <small>(40263)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq <small>(40264)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-en-Born <small>(40266)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse <small>(40268)</small>
1. Saint-Lon-les-Mines <small>(40269)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Hinx <small>(40272)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx <small>(40273)</small>
1. Saint-Michel-Escalus <small>(40276)</small>
1. Saint-Pandelon <small>(40277)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-lès-Dax <small>(40279)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul <small>(40283)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse <small>(40284)</small>
1. Saint-Yaguen <small>(40285)</small>
1. Saubion <small>(40291)</small>
1. Saubrigues <small>(40292)</small>
1. Saubusse <small>(40293)</small>
1. Saugnac-et-Cambran <small>(40294)</small>
1. Seignosse <small>(40296)</small>
1. Seyresse <small>(40300)</small>
1. Siest <small>(40301)</small>
1. Soorts-Hossegor <small>(40304)</small>
1. Sorde-l'Abbaye <small>(40306)</small>
1. Sort-en-Chalosse <small>(40308)</small>
1. Souprosse <small>(40309)</small>
1. Soustons <small>(40310)</small>
1. Taller <small>(40311)</small>
1. Tarnos <small>(40312)</small>
1. Tartas <small>(40313)</small>
1. Tercis-les-Bains <small>(40314)</small>
1. Téthieu <small>(40315)</small>
1. Tilh <small>(40316)</small>
1. Tosse <small>(40317)</small>
1. Toulouzette <small>(40318)</small>
1. Uza <small>(40322)</small>
1. Vicq-d'Auribat <small>(40324)</small>
1. Vielle-Saint-Girons <small>(40326)</small>
1. Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains <small>(40328)</small>
1. Villenave <small>(40330)</small>
1. Yzosse <small>(40334)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! 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|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Landes department
- Communes of the Landes department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Dax
- **insee**: 401
- **nbcomm**: 152
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Dax, Landes, Dax
- **area**: 3194.2
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Dax 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine