Mont-de-Marsan
Description
Mont-de-Marsan is a commune and capital of the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
Population
Historical population Year Pop. ±% 1793 4,000 — 1806 5,256 +31.4% 1821 3,065 −41.7% 1831 3,774 +23.1% 1841 4,465 +18.3% 1851 4,655 +4.3% 1861 5,574 +19.7% 1872 8,138 +46.0% 1881 10,878 +33.7% 1891 12,031 +10.6% 1901 11,604 −3.5% 1911 12,091 +4.2% 1921 10,836 −10.4% 1931 11,854 +9.4% 1946 14,055 +18.6% 1954 17,120 +21.8% 1962 20,191 +17.9% 1968 24,444 +21.1% 1975 26,166 +7.0% 1982 27,326 +4.4% 1990 28,328 +3.7% 1999 29,489 +4.1% 2006 30,230 +2.5% 2012 31,018 +2.6%Military installations
Mont-de-Marsan airbase « Constantin Rozanoff » is a major installation of the French Air Force. The base includes CEAM (the French air force military experimentation and trials organisation), an air defense radar command reporting centre, and an air defence control training site. Mont-de-Marsan airbase was formerly home to France's first operational squadron of nuclear bombers, the Dassault Mirage IVA.
Sights
- The Donjon Lacataye is the keep of a 14th-century castle
- Despiau-Wlérick Museum (1930s sculpture by two local artists)
- Dubalen Museum
- Marechal Foch's equestrian statue
Culture
Stade Montois is the city's rugby and football team.
Two historic punk rock music festivals were held in Mont-de-Marsan's bullring in 1976 and 1977.
Festival Arte Flamenco international festival created in 1989 in Mont-de-Marsan by the council of the Landes department.