Rion-des-Landes

Rion-des-Landes (French pronunciation: [ʁjɔ̃ de lɑ̃d]; Occitan: Arrion, before 1962: Rion)^[3] is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[4] On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Boos was merged into Rion-des-Landes.^[5]

Rion-des-Landes
Commune
Château Bellegarde
Location of Rion-des-Landes
Rion-des-Landes Show map of France Rion-des-Landes Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 43°55′37″N 0°55′08″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Pays morcenais tarusate
Intercommunality	Pays Tarusate
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Civel[1]
Area 1	134.06 km2 (51.76 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,115
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40243 /40370
Elevation	46–103 m (151–338 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Rion-des-Landes is located in the centre of the Landes department.

Château Bellegarde in Rion-des-Landes. It dates to the 14th century.^{[citation needed]}

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 1,300 —     1821 1,332 +0.09% 1846 1,716 +1.02% 1872 2,461 +1.40% 1901 2,560 +0.14% 1926 2,527 −0.05% 1946 2,434 −0.19% 1962 2,512 +0.20%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 2,479 −0.22% 1975 2,635 +0.88% 1982 2,482 −0.85% 1990 2,329 −0.79% 1999 2,201 −0.63% 2007 2,316 +0.64% 2012 2,501 +1.55% 2017 2,986 +3.61%
Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (2007-2017)[7][8]

Education

• Middle School : Marie-Curie
• Primary school : Jean-Menaux

Notable residents

• Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, also known as Maïté, restaurateur, actress and TV presenter
• Gérard Dages, rugby player, born on 5 March 1930 in Rion-des-Landes. Finalist of the French Rugby Championship in 1953 and 1959 with the Stade Montois.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department