Hastingues

Hastingues
Hastingues
	Commune
	Gate of Hastingues from the 14th century
	Hastingues Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Hastingues
	Coordinates: 43°32′07″N 1°08′52″W / 43.5353°N 1.1478°WCoordinates: 43°32′07″N 1°08′52″W / 43.5353°N 1.1478°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Orthe et Arrigans
Intercommunality	Pays d'Orthe
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pierre Ducarre
Area1	14.54 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Population (2013)2	591
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40120 /40300
Elevation	0–84 m (0–276 ft) ; (avg. 44 m or 144 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Hastingues (Occitan: Hastings, Basque: Hastinga) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Its nickname, due to its location on a rounded-shaped hill, is lou Carcolh (the snail).

Geography

The town lies on a hill looking over the valley of the Gaves réunis, in the Gascon region and bordering on the Basque Country.

The bastide was founded in 1289 by John Hastings, seneschal of Gascony, who signed a treaty of coregency in the name of Edward I of England between the king, Duke of Aquitaine and the monks of Arthous abbey.

The work on the gate was started in 1289, but the town wall still was not complete in the 15th century.

The houses of Jurats and Sénéchal were built in the same century.

Hastingues
Commune
Gate of Hastingues from the 14th century
Hastingues Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region Hastingues
Coordinates: 43°32′07″N 1°08′52″W / 43.5353°N 1.1478°W / 43.5353; -1.1478Coordinates: 43°32′07″N 1°08′52″W / 43.5353°N 1.1478°W / 43.5353; -1.1478
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Orthe et Arrigans
Intercommunality	Pays d'Orthe
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Pierre Ducarre
Area¹	14.54 km² (5.61 sq mi)
Population (2013)²	591
• Density	41/km² (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40120 /40300
Elevation	0–84 m (0–276 ft) (avg. 44 m or 144 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.