Morcenx

Morcenx
local community	Morcenx-la-Nouvelle
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Country
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Coordinates	44 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 55 ′ W Coordinates: 44 ° 2 ′ N , 0 ° 55 ′ W
Post Code	40110
Former INSEE code	40197
Incorporation	1st January 2019
Website	www.morcenx.fr
	; Morcenx Town Hall

Morcenx ( Gascon Morcens ) is a village and a former French commune with last 4,397 inhabitants (2016) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Morcenx belonged to the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan and the canton of Pays Morcenais Tarusate . The inhabitants are called Morcenais (es) .

The decree of November 16, 2018 established the incorporation of Morcenx together with the former municipalities of Arjuzanx , Garrosse and Sindères into the Commune nouvelle Morcenx-la-Nouvelle with effect from January 1, 2019 . In contrast to the other former municipalities, Morcenx was not a commune déléguée . The administrative headquarters are in Morcenx.

geography

Morcenx is located about 37 km northwest of Mont-de-Marsan in the historic province of Gascony . The place is in the Forêt des Landes ( Grande-Landes ) on the river Bès , a right tributary of the Midouze .

Morcenx is surrounded by the five neighboring municipalities and three delegated municipalities:

	Solférino	Sabers Arengosse
Sindères ( Morcenx-la-Nouvelle )		Arjuzanx ( Morcenx-la-Nouvelle )
Garrosse ( Morcenx-la-Nouvelle )	Rion-des-Landes	Villenave

history

The name Morcenx is borrowed from the Latin Mauritius . The church of Morcenx was mentioned in the Liber rubeus as early as the 12th century . In 1467 the Order of St. John acquired large tracts of land and set up a command post here.

Population development

The population rose from the beginning of records to a peak of 5,690 by the 1970s. As a result, there was an overall downward trend up to the merger to form Commune nouvelle.