Orx

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Orx
Òrcs
Orx (France)
Orx
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Country
Arrondissement Dax
Canton Pays Tyrossais
Community association Maremne Adour Côte Sud
Coordinates 43 ° 36 ′  N , 1 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 36 ′  N , 1 ° 22 ′  W
height 3–31 m
surface 11.89 km 2
Residents 624 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 52 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 40230
INSEE code 40213

Orx ( Occitan : Orcs ) is a French municipality with 624 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Landes department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dax and the Maremne Adour Côte Sud community association founded in 2011 .

geography

Orx is located about 15 kilometers northeast of Bayonne and about eight kilometers (as the crow flies) from the Atlantic coast; More spacious seen between the forests of the Landes de Gascogne in the north and the foothills of the Pyrenees in the south. The neighboring communities are

Orx includes the districts of Bel-Air, Claous, Le Tuc and Meunier as well as numerous individual farms. The 11.89 km² municipal area actually forms a peninsula, surrounded to the north, west and south by the approx. 775 hectare Marais d'Orx , a marshland, the largest part of which has been protected as a nature reserve of national rank ( Réserve naturelle nationale ) since 1995 . The marshland is shown on many maps as a closed lake area, but sometimes dries out in periods of low precipitation. Many attempts to drain the land for maize cultivation failed and it was not until the beginning of the 20th century that a polder landscape was established through constant pumping out of the water . The water level of the Marais d'Orx is only two meters above sea level and has no natural runoff. The tributaries are collected in several canals and drained around the swamp via the Boudigau (also called Canal de Ceinture ), which then flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the nearby coastal town of Capbreton . In the 1990s, pumping out the water was no longer economical and it was decided to leave the area to its own devices. The now large areas of water became an important resting place for migratory birds - the main reason for the strict nature conservation regulations. Only the bulges in the northeast and southeast of the Marais d'Orx, which are separated from the open water by road embankments, are used for agriculture today. The municipal area is between 3 and 31 m above sea level and shows a change from arable, meadow and small forest areas.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
338 347 320 342 370 422 454 608
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • St. Martin Church; Romanesque building from the 12th century (the square tower was added in the 18th century), Monument historique

Economy and Infrastructure

There are 14 farms in the municipality of Orx (cereal and vegetable growing, horse breeding, sheep and goat farming). and seven forest companies are located.

The D71 trunk road from Labenne to Saubrigues runs through the municipality of Orx . In Tarnos , 15 kilometers southwest of Orx, there is a connection to the Autoroute A 63 . The nearest train station is in the municipality of Labenne, six kilometers to the west, on the Bordeaux – Irun railway line .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Marais d'Orx nature reserve
  2. ↑ [cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=25826 Orx on cassini.ehess.fr]
  3. ↑ Orx on insee.fr
  4. ^ Entry in the Base Mérimée of the Ministry of Culture. Retrieved March 21, 2015 (French).
  5. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
  6. ↑ Forestry operations on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

Commons : Orx  - collection of images