Pissos

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Pissos
Pissos (France)
Pissos
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Country
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Canton Grands Lacs
Community association Cœur Haute Lande
Coordinates 44 ° 19 ′  N , 0 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 19 ′  N , 0 ° 47 ′  W
height 30-79 m
surface 140.75 km 2
Residents 1,441 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 10 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 40410
INSEE code 40227
Website http://www.pissos.fr/

Town Hall (Mairie) of Pissos

Pissos is a French commune with 1,441 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Landes department in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan and the canton of Grands Lacs (until 2015: canton of Pissos ). The residents call themselves Pisséens .

geography

Pissos is located about 70 kilometers north-northeast of Dax am Eyre in the vast Landes de Gascogne , the largest forest area in Western Europe, about 80 kilometers south of Bordeaux . Pissos is surrounded by the neighboring communities Moustey in the north, Belhade in the northeast, Sore in the east, Trensacq in the south and southeast, Commensacq in the south, Labouheyre in the southwest, Liposthey in the west and Saugnacq-et-Muret in the northwest.

The Via Turonensis , a variant of the Camino de Santiago , runs through the municipality .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
906 827 809 834 970 1,097 1,227 1,389
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church, consecrated in 1902
  • Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Richet from the 12th century, monument historique since 1968

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

  • Saint-Pierre church

economy

The economy of Pissos was and is u. a. shaped by wood processing. The Pissos sawmill became known throughout France in 1967: This is where most of the sawdust came from that was used by the French Navy on the north coast of Brittany against the oil spill from the Torrey Canyon tanker .

Web links

Commons : Pissos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lost Movie Treasures: The Torrey Canyon Oil Spill. In: ARTE. Retrieved January 1, 2018 .