Arrondissements of the Landes department

There are 2 arrondissements in the Landes department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs).  The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into cantons and communes.

The arrondissements of Landes are:

 INSEEcode  Arrondissement  Capital  Population(2014) Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²)  Communes 401  Dax  Dax  220,656  3,194.2    152 402  Mont-de-Marsan  Mont-de-Marsan  179,821  6,048.4    178

History
Since its creation, the Landes department has had few changes:
 1790 : creation of the Landes department with four districts: Dax, Mont-de-Marsan, Saint-Sever and Tartas; the capital was Mont-de-Marsan
 1800 : creation of the arrondissements: Mont-de-Marsan, Dax, Saint-Sever
 1926 : the arrondissement of Saint-Sever is eliminated and integrated into the remaining two arrondissements

References

Landes
Category:Lists of arrondissements of France