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Department Landes

Prefecture:Mont-de-Marsan

Nouvelle-Aquitaine
446,475people
9,243 km²

Landes, or Lanas in Gascon, means moorland or heath. Landes and Lanas come from the Latin plānus meaning "flat, even, level, plain". They are therefore cognate with the English plain, the Spanish word llanos and the Italian word piano.

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Capital:Bordeaux