Sore (Landes)

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Sore
Sòra
Sore (France)
Sore
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Country
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Canton Haute Lande Armagnac
Community association Cœur Haute Lande
Coordinates 44 ° 19 ′  N , 0 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 19 ′  N , 0 ° 35 ′  W
height 45-99 m
surface 147.72 km 2
Residents 1,122 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 8 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 40430
INSEE code

Sore ( Occitan : Sora ) is a French municipality with 1,122 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Administratively it belongs to the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan and is part of the canton of Haute Lande Armagnac (until 2015: canton of Sore ).

geography

Sore is located about 50 kilometers north-northwest of Mont-de-Marsan and about 60 kilometers south of Bordeaux on the Petite Leyre in the Armagnac region . Sore is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Argelouse in the north and north-west, Saint-Symphorien in the north, Bourideys in the north-east, Callen in the east, Luxey in the east and south-east, Trensacq in the south and south-west, Pissos in the west and Belhade in the north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 1,059 933 918 843 883 898 985 1,071
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the 12th century, monument historique since 1992
  • English gate ( Porte des Anglais ) from the second half of the 13th century
Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Web links

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