Messanges, Landes

Messanges
Commune
The beach at Messanges
Messanges
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Messanges
Coordinates: 43°48′59″N 1°22′39″W / 43.8164°N 1.3775°W / 43.8164; -1.3775Coordinates: 43°48′59″N 1°22′39″W / 43.8164°N 1.3775°W / 43.8164; -1.3775
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Landes
Arrondissement Dax
Canton Marensin Sud
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Maremne-Adour-Côte-Sud
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Hervé Bouyrie
Area1 34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 885
  Density 26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 40181 /40660
Elevation 0–60 m (0–197 ft)
(avg. 4 m or 13 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.

Messanges is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. Messanges is a popular place for tourism but quite empty in the non-holiday season.

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