Escource
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Escource Escorce |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Country | |
| Arrondissement | Mont-de-Marsan | |
| Canton | Haute Lande Armagnac | |
| Community association | Cœur Haute Lande | |
| Coordinates | 44 ° 10 ′ N , 1 ° 2 ′ W | |
| height | 23-84 m | |
| surface | 102.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 721 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 7 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 40210 | |
| INSEE code | 40094 | |
| Website | http://www.escource.fr/ | |
 Escource Town Hall |
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Escource ( Occitan : Escorce ) is a French municipality with 721 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2015: Aquitaine ). Escource belongs to the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan and is part of the canton of Haute Lande Armagnac (until 2015: canton of Sabers ).
geography
Escource is located about 52 kilometers northwest of Mont-de-Marsan and about 21 kilometers east of the Atlantic coast. Escource is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Pontenx-les-Forges in the north and north-west, Lüe in the north, Solférino in the east, Onesse-Laharie in the south, Mézos in the south-west and Saint-Paul-en-Born in the west.
The community is on the Via Turonensis , a variant of the Camino de Santiago . Autoroute A63 runs along the eastern edge of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 686 | 585 | 522 | 523 | 612 | 606 | 596 | 659 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Martin-et-Saint-Roch church
