Coudures

Coudures
Coudures
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Saint-Sever
Intercommunality	Cap de Gascogne
Mayor	Henri Bancons
Statistics
Elevation	50–135 m (160–443 ft) (avg. 83 m/272 ft)
Land area1	11.65 km2 (4.50 sq mi)
Population2	384  (1999)
- Density	33 /km2 (85 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	40086/ 40500
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.

Coordinates: 43°41′31″N 0°31′10″W / 43.69194°N 0.5194°W / 43.69194; -0.5194

Coudures is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.

It is located 8 km (5.0 mi) SSE of Saint-Sever and 4 km (2.5 mi) from Eyres-Moncube.

Geography

Coudures is in the area south of the Adour river. This area is far more pronounced in altitude differences than North of the river - where the land is virtually flat for many kilometrees.

From several places in Coudures it is possible to see the Pyrenees Mountains on a clear day. The Pyrenees are around 80 km (50 mi) south of the village.

Sights

The village has a 13th-century Anglican Church which can be seen in many old photos but with a different looking tower to today as the old tower top was destroyed by a lightning strike in the 20th century.

There are some very old buildings in Coudures and at that this time^{[clarification needed]} had many shops. This however has been depleted due to supermarkets and general commerce growth to just a post office and a bar (which has now closed), but is for sale.

Miscellaneous

There are a fairly high population of British and European immigrants in the village, making up around 5% of the population. There are also many different sub-cultures from all over France that live in the village, with a very diverse mixture from North to South, East to West.

The village has a large reservoir nearby and hunting, fishing, petanque, horse riding and mountain-biking are popular local sports.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

• INSEE commune file