Gaas (Landes)
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Gaas Gars |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Country | |
| Arrondissement | Dax | |
| Canton | Orthe et Arrigans | |
| Community association | Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 37 ′ N , 1 ° 2 ′ W | |
| height | 17-87 m | |
| surface | 9.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 496 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 54 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 40350 | |
| INSEE code | 40101 | |
Gaas ( Occitan : Gars ) is a French municipality with 496 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the arrondissement of Dax and is part of the canton of Orthe et Arrigans (until 2015: canton of Pouillon ). The inhabitants are called the Gaassois .
geography
Gaas is about eleven kilometers south of Dax . Gaas is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Bénesse-lès-Dax in the north, Pouillon in the south and east, Cagnotte in the west and Heugas in the north-west.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 356 | 349 | 305 | 320 | 342 | 364 | 450 | 502 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint Laurent Church
Personalities
- Laurent Labaigt (pseudonym: Jean Rameau , 1858–1942), poet and novelist
Web links
Commons : Gaas - collection of images, videos and audio files
