Siesta

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Siest (France)
Siesta
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Country
Arrondissement Dax
Canton Dax-1
Community association Grand Dax
Coordinates 43 ° 39 ′  N , 1 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 39 ′  N , 1 ° 8 ′  W
height 1-97 m
surface 2.91 km 2
Residents 138 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 47 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 40180
INSEE code

Siest ( Occitan : siest ) is a French municipality with 138 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). Siest belongs to the arrondissement of Dax and the canton of Dax-1 (until 2015: canton of Dax-Sud ).

geography

Siest is about nine kilometers southwest of the city center of Dax in the Marensin countryside . The Luy limits the municipality in the north, which flows into the Adour there . Siest is surrounded by the neighboring communities Tercis-les-Bains in the north, Heugas in the east, Saint-Lon-les-Mines in the south, Orist in the west and Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby in the north-west.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
72 70 72 66 82 82 108 124
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Web links

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