Aire-sur-l'Adour
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Commune of Aire-sur-l'Adour Former market place in Aire-sur-l'Adour |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 0° 15' 42" W |
| Latitude | 43° 42' 14" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Landes |
| Arrondissement | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Canton | Aire-sur-l'Adour (chief town) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes d'Aire-sur-l'Adour |
| Mayor | Robert Cabe (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 68 m–176 m (avg. 80 m) |
| Land area¹ | 58 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
6,003 |
| - Density (1999) | 104/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 40001/ 40800 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Aire-sur-l'Adour is a small town and commune in the Landes département, in the Aquitaine région of France.
It lies on the river Adour. It is an episcopal see of the Diocese of Aire and Dax. The nearest large towns are Mont-de-Marsan to the north and Pau to the south.
The Church of Sainte-Quitterie is dedicated to Saint Quiteria, who, according to Christian tradition, was beheaded here in the fifth century. This church was on the pilgrimage route called the Way of St. James.
There is very little cultural activity that doesn't happen around bullfighting, drinking, and old people's dancing. Still, as long as the town's tidy, the mayor's happy. Can't be bad, can it?
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 Sainte-Quitterie church, Aire-sur-l'Adour, France |
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