Hastingues

Hastingues
Hastingues
	Doorway of Hastingues from the 14th century
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Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Arrondissement of Dax
Canton	Canton of Peyrehorade
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays d'Orthe
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Ducarre
Area1	14.54 km2 (5.61 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	510
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	40120 / 40300
Elevation	0–84 m (0–276 ft); (avg. 44 m or 144 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.

Hastingues (Occitan: Hastings, Basque: Hastinga) is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France. Its nickname, due to its location on a rounded-shaped hill, is lou Carcolh (the snail).

Geography

The town lies on a hill looking over the valley of the Gaves réunis, in the Gascon region and bordering on the Basque Country.

The bastide was founded in 1289 by John Hastings, seneschal of Gascony, who signed a treaty of coregency in the name of Edward I of England between the king, Duke of Aquitaine and the monks of Arthous abbey.

The work on the doorway was started in 1289 but the town wall still was in work in the 15th century.

The houses Jurats and Sénéchal were built in the same century.

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