Arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan

The arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Landes département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Mont-de-Marsan.

History
When the Landes department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the largest of the department. It has 179,821 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Gironde department, to the northeast by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the east by the Gers department (Occitanie region), to the south by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and to the west by the arrondissement of Dax and the Atlantic Ocean.

Composition
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 Mont-de-Marsan, there are two canton 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:
+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Dax INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Dax  Mont-de-Marsan4001 Adour Armagnac35354002 Chalosse Tursan50504003 Côte d'Argent106164007 Grands Lacs13134008 Haute Lande Armagnac47474010 Mont-de-Marsan-19 + part of Mont-de-Marsan9 + part of Mont-de-Marsan4011 Mont-de-Marsan-28 + part of Mont-de-Marsan8 + part of Mont-de-Marsan4013 Pays morcenais tarusate18927
Communes
The arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan has 178 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aire-sur-l'Adour (40001)
 Arboucave (40005)
 Arengosse (40006)
 Argelouse (40008)
 Arjuzanx (40009)
 Artassenx (40012)
 Arthez-d'Armagnac (40013)
 Arue (40014)
 Arx (40015)
 Aubagnan (40016)
 Audignon (40017)
 Aureilhan (40019)
 Aurice (40020)
 Bahus-Soubiran (40022)
 Banos (40024)
 Bas-Mauco (40026)
 Bascons (40025)
 Bats (40029)
 Baudignan (40030)
 Belhade (40032)
 Benquet (40037)
 Betbezer-d'Armagnac (40039)
 Bias (40043)
 Biscarrosse (40046)
 Bordères-et-Lamensans (40049)
 Bostens (40050)
 Bougue (40051)
 Bourdalat (40052)
 Bourriot-Bergonce (40053)
 Bretagne-de-Marsan (40055)
 Brocas (40056)
 Buanes (40057)
 Bélis (40033)
 Cachen (40058)
 Callen (40060)
 Campagne (40061)
 Campet-et-Lamolère (40062)
 Canenx-et-Réaut (40064)
 Castandet (40070)
 Castelnau-Tursan (40072)
 Castelner (40073)
 Cauna (40076)
 Cazalis (40079)
 Cazères-sur-l'Adour (40080)
 Classun (40082)
 Clèdes (40083)
 Commensacq (40085)
 Coudures (40086)
 Créon-d'Armagnac (40087)
 Cère (40081)
 Duhort-Bachen (40091)
 Dumes (40092)
 Escalans (40093)
 Escource (40094)
 Estigarde (40096)
 Eugénie-les-Bains (40097)
 Eyres-Moncube (40098)
 Fargues (40099)
 Gabarret (40102)
 Gaillères (40103)
  Garein (40105)
 Garrosse (40107)
 Gastes (40108)
 Geaune (40110)
 Geloux (40111)
 Grenade-sur-l'Adour (40117)
 Hagetmau (40119)
 Haut-Mauco (40122)
 Herré (40124)
 Hontanx (40127)
 Horsarrieu (40128)
 Labastide-Chalosse (40130)
 Labastide-d'Armagnac (40131)
 Labouheyre (40134)
 Labrit (40135)
 Lacajunte (40136)
 Lacquy (40137)
 Lacrabe (40138)
 Laglorieuse (40139)
 Lagrange (40140)
 Larrivière-Saint-Savin (40145)
 Latrille (40146)
 Lauret (40148)
 Le Frêche (40100)
 Le Sen (40297)
 Le Vignau (40329)
 Lencouacq (40149)
 Lesperon (40152)
 Liposthey (40156)
 Losse (40158)
 Lubbon (40161)
 Lucbardez-et-Bargues (40162)
 Luglon (40165)
 Lussagnet (40166)
 Luxey (40167)
 Lüe (40163)
 Maillas (40169)
 Maillères (40170)
 Mano (40171)
 Mant (40172)
 Mauries (40174)
 Maurrin (40175)
 Mauvezin-d'Armagnac (40176)
 Mazerolles (40178)
 Mimizan (40184)
 Miramont-Sensacq (40185)
 Momuy (40188)
 Monget (40189)
  Monségur (40190)
 Mont-de-Marsan (40192)
 Montaut (40191)
 Montgaillard (40195)
 Montsoué (40196)
 Montégut (40193)
 Morcenx (40197)
 Morganx (40198)
 Moustey (40200)
 Mézos (40182)
 Onesse-et-Laharie (40210)
 Ousse-Suzan (40215)
 Parentis-en-Born (40217)
 Parleboscq (40218)
 Payros-Cazautets (40219)
 Perquie (40221)
 Peyre (40223)
 Philondenx (40225)
 Pimbo (40226)
 Pissos (40227)
 Pontenx-les-Forges (40229)
 Poudenx (40232)
 Pouydesseaux (40234)
 Pujo-le-Plan (40238)
 Puyol-Cazalet (40239)
 Pécorade (40220)
 Renung (40240)
Retjons (40164)
 Rimbez-et-Baudiets (40242)
 Roquefort (40245)
 Sabres (40246)
 Saint-Agnet (40247)
 Saint-Avit (40250)
 Saint-Cricq-Chalosse (40253)
 Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve (40255)
 Saint-Gein (40259)
 Saint-Gor (40262)
 Saint-Julien-d'Armagnac (40265)
 Saint-Justin (40267)
 Saint-Loubouer (40270)
 Saint-Martin-d'Oney (40274)
 Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour (40275)
 Saint-Paul-en-Born (40278)
 Saint-Perdon (40280)
 Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (40281)
 Saint-Sever (40282)
 Sainte-Colombe (40252)
 Sainte-Eulalie-en-Born (40257)
 Sainte-Foy (40258)
 Samadet (40286)
 Sanguinet (40287)
 Sarbazan (40288)
 Sarraziet (40289)
 Sarron (40290)
 Saugnacq-et-Muret (40295)
 Serres-Gaston (40298)
 Serreslous-et-Arribans (40299)
 Sindères (40302)
 Solférino (40303)
 Sorbets (40305)
 Sore (40307)
 Trensacq (40319)
 Uchacq-et-Parentis (40320)
 Urgons (40321)
 Vert (40323)
 Vielle-Soubiran (40327)
 Vielle-Tursan (40325)
 Villeneuve-de-Marsan (40331)
 Ychoux (40332)
 Ygos-Saint-Saturnin (40333)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 40192  Mont-de-Marsan  31,009  Mont-de-Marsan-1 and Mont-de-Marsan-2  Mont-de-Marsan Agglomération 40046  Biscarrosse  14,174  Grands Lacs  Les Grands Lacs 40281  Saint-Pierre-du-Mont  9,449  Mont-de-Marsan-2  Mont-de-Marsan Agglomération 40184  Mimizan  6,923  Côte d'Argent  Mimizan 40001  Aire-sur-l'Adour  6,186  Adour Armagnac  Aire-sur-l'Adour 40217  Parentis-en-Born  5,772  Grands Lacs  Les Grands Lacs 40282  Saint-Sever  4,810  Chalosse Tursan  Chalosse Tursan 40119  Hagetmau  4,593  Chalosse Tursan  Chalosse Tursan 40197  Morcenx  4,422  Pays morcenais tarusate  Le Pays Morcenais 40287  Sanguinet  3,655  Grands Lacs  Les Grands Lacs
Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Landes department
 Communes of the Landes department

References

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