Rion-des-Landes

Rion-des-Landes
Château Bellegarde
Rion-des-Landes
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Rion-des-Landes
Coordinates: 43°55′37″N 0°55′08″W / 43.9269°N 0.9189°WCoordinates: 43°55′37″N 0°55′08″W / 43.9269°N 0.9189°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Tartas-Ouest
Intercommunality	Pays Tarusate
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Laurent Civel
Area^1	118.25 km^2 (45.66 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	2,521
• Density	21/km^2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	40243 / 40370
Elevation	46–103 m (151–338 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rion-des-Landes is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1793	1,300	—
1806	1,280	−1.5%
1821	1,332	+4.1%
1831	1,470	+10.4%
1841	1,537	+4.6%
1851	1,727	+12.4%
1861	2,174	+25.9%
1872	2,461	+13.2%
1881	2,357	−4.2%
1891	2,535	+7.6%
1901	2,560	+1.0%
1911	2,651	+3.6%
1921	2,581	−2.6%
1931	2,501	−3.1%
1946	2,434	−2.7%
1954	2,446	+0.5%
1962	2,512	+2.7%
1968	2,479	−1.3%
1975	2,635	+6.3%
1982	2,482	−5.8%
1990	2,329	−6.2%
1999	2,201	−5.5%
2008	2,330	+5.9%
2013	2,521	+8.2%

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

• INSEE statistics