Biscarosse
Biscarrosse | |
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 The Biscarrosse Elm in January; died 2010. | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Biscarrosse  | |
  Biscarrosse  Biscarrosse | |
| Coordinates: 44°23′39″N 1°09′46″W / 44.3942°N 1.1628°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Landes |
| Arrondissement | Mont-de-Marsan |
| Canton | Parentis |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de commune des Grands Lacs |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Alain Dudon |
| Area 1 | 160.48 km2 (61.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | 12,487 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 40046 /40600 |
| Elevation | 0–78 m (0–256 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Biscarosse is a commune of 12,487 people (2007). It is in the region Aquitaine in the Landes department in the southwest of France.
Education
[change | change source]A campus of the École nationale de l'aviation civile (French civil aviation university) is located at Biscarosse.
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