The arrondissement of Dax is an arrondissement of France in the Landes department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 152 communes. Its population is 237,445 (2021), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Dax, and their INSEE codes, are:
Amou (40002) Angoumé (40003) Angresse (40004) Argelos (40007) Arsague (40011) Audon (40018) Azur (40021) Baigts (40023) Bassercles (40027) Bastennes (40028) Bégaar (40031) Bélus (40034) Bénesse-lès-Dax (40035) Bénesse-Maremne (40036) Bergouey (40038) Beylongue (40040) Beyries (40041) Biarrotte (40042) Biaudos (40044) Bonnegarde (40047) Brassempouy (40054) Cagnotte (40059) Candresse (40063) Capbreton (40065) Carcarès-Sainte-Croix (40066) Carcen-Ponson (40067) Cassen (40068) Castaignos-Souslens (40069) Castelnau-Chalosse (40071) Castel-Sarrazin (40074) Castets (40075) Cauneille (40077) Caupenne (40078) Clermont (40084) Dax (40088) Doazit (40089) Donzacq (40090) Estibeaux (40095) Gaas (40101) Gamarde-les-Bains (40104) Garrey (40106) Gaujacq (40109) Gibret (40112) Goos (40113) Gourbera (40114) Gousse (40115) Gouts (40116) Habas (40118) Hastingues (40120) Hauriet (40121) Herm (40123) Heugas (40125) Hinx (40126) Josse (40129) Labatut (40132) Labenne (40133) Lahosse (40141) Laluque (40142) Lamothe (40143) Larbey (40144) Laurède (40147) Léon (40150) Lesgor (40151) Le Leuy (40153) Lévignacq (40154) Linxe (40155) Lit-et-Mixe (40157) Louer (40159) Lourquen (40160) Magescq (40168) Marpaps (40173) Maylis (40177) Mées (40179) Meilhan (40180) Messanges (40181) Mimbaste (40183) Misson (40186) Moliets-et-Maa (40187) Montfort-en-Chalosse (40194) Mouscardès (40199) Mugron (40201) Narrosse (40202) Nassiet (40203) Nerbis (40204) Nousse (40205) Oeyregave (40206) Oeyreluy (40207) Onard (40208) Ondres (40209) Orist (40211) Orthevielle (40212) Orx (40213) Ossages (40214) Ozourt (40216) Pey (40222) Peyrehorade (40224) Pomarez (40228) Pontonx-sur-l'Adour (40230) Port-de-Lanne (40231) Pouillon (40233) Poyanne (40235) Poyartin (40236) Préchacq-les-Bains (40237) Rion-des-Landes (40243) Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby (40244) Saint-André-de-Seignanx (40248) Saint-Aubin (40249) Saint-Barthélemy (40251) Saint-Cricq-du-Gave (40254) Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse (40271) Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe (40256) Saint-Geours-d'Auribat (40260) Saint-Geours-de-Maremne (40261) Saint-Jean-de-Lier (40263) Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq (40264) Saint-Julien-en-Born (40266) Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse (40268) Saint-Lon-les-Mines (40269) Saint-Martin-de-Hinx (40272) Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx (40273) Saint-Michel-Escalus (40276) Saint-Pandelon (40277) Saint-Paul-lès-Dax (40279) Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (40283) Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse (40284) Saint-Yaguen (40285) Saubion (40291) Saubrigues (40292) Saubusse (40293) Saugnac-et-Cambran (40294) Seignosse (40296) Seyresse (40300) Siest (40301) Soorts-Hossegor (40304) Sorde-l'Abbaye (40306) Sort-en-Chalosse (40308) Souprosse (40309) Soustons (40310) Taller (40311) Tarnos (40312) Tartas (40313) Tercis-les-Bains (40314) Téthieu (40315) Tilh (40316) Tosse (40317) Toulouzette (40318) Uza (40322) Vicq-d'Auribat (40324) Vielle-Saint-Girons (40326) Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains (40328) Villenave (40330) Yzosse (40334)
History
The arrondissement of Dax was created in 1800.Historique des Landes
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Dax were, as of January 2015:
Amou Castets Dax-Nord Dax-Sud Montfort-en-Chalosse Mugron Peyrehorade Pouillon Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse Soustons Tartas-Est Tartas-Ouest
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