Hastingues

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Hastingues
Commune
Gate of Hastingues from the 14th century
Gate of Hastingues from the 14th century
Location of Hastingues
Hastingues is located in France
Hastingues
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
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentLandes
ArrondissementDax
CantonOrthe et Arrigans
IntercommunalityPays d'Orthe et Arrigans
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Corine de Passos
Area
1
14.54 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
586
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
40120 /40300
Elevation0–84 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.
Not to be confused with Hastings.

Hastingues (French pronunciation: ​[astɛ̃ɡ]; 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.

History[]

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.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793900—    
1806850−5.6%
1821850+0.0%
1831901+6.0%
1841942+4.6%
1851914−3.0%
1861850−7.0%
1872800−5.9%
1881755−5.6%
1891716−5.2%
1901690−3.6%
1911656−4.9%
YearPop.±%
1921541−17.5%
1931444−17.9%
1946441−0.7%
1954445+0.9%
1962417−6.3%
1968401−3.8%
1975408+1.7%
1982447+9.6%
1990472+5.6%
1999447−5.3%
2008559+25.1%
2013591+5.7%

  • View from the town over the valley and the river

  • Maison Jurats

  • House of the Seneschal

  • Entrance of the house of the Seneschal

  • Detail of the gate

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

See also[]



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