- Saint-Sever
French commune
nomcommune=Saint-Sever
The abbey-church of Saint-Sever
région=Aquitaine
département=Landes
arrondissement=Mont-de-Marsan
canton=Saint-Sever
insee=40282
cp=40500
maire=Jean-Pierre Dalm
mandat=
intercomm=Cap de Gascogne
longitude=-0.573055555556
latitude=43.7575
alt moy=
alt mini=26m
alt maxi=118m
hectares=4,696
km²=46.96
sans=("Saint-séverins") 4,608
date-sans=1999
dens=98
date-dens=1999Saint-Sever is a commune of the Landes "département", in southwestern
France .Geography
Saint-Sever stands on an eminence. It is located 17 km south of
Mont-de-Marsan , on the left bank of theAdour in theChalosse area.Neighboring communes:
Benquet ,Bas-Mauco ,Audignon ,Cauna ,Aurice , Montaut,Banos ,Eyres-Moncube ,Montsoué , Montgaillard.ights
Its streets, bordered in places by old houses, are narrow and winding. The promenade of Morlanne laid out on the site of a Roman camp called "
Palestrion " commands a fine view of the Adour and the pine forests of the Landes.The church of Saint-Sever, a Romanesque building of the
12th century , with sevenapse s, once belonged to theBenedictine abbey founded in the 10th century.The abbey of Saint-Sever was added to the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1998, as part of theWorld Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France .Demography
Population in 1906: town: 2,508; commune: 4,644.
Miscellaneous
updateThe public institutions of the town include the sub-prefecture, a tribunal of first instance, and a practical school of agriculture and viticulture which occupies a former Dominican convent. There is trade in the agricultural products of the Chalosse, especially geese.
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