The Landes
The Landes forest in the Landes de Gascogne, in the historic Gascony natural region of southwestern France now known as Aquitaine, is the largest man-made woodland in Western Europe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Region with 2,200,000 residents
- Description: forest in France
- Also known as: “Landes” and “Landes forest”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Michel de Lüe and Fontaine Saint-Jean de Bouricos.
Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Michel de Lüe
Church
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Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Michel de Lüe is a church.
Fontaine Saint-Jean de Bouricos
Fountain
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Fontaine Saint-Jean de Bouricos is a fountain, which is situated 6 km west of The Landes.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bouricos
Chapel
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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Bouricos is a chapel, which is situated 6 km west of The Landes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Labouheyre and Ychoux.
Labouheyre
Village
Labouheyre is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. Labouheyre is situated 8 km southeast of The Landes.
Ychoux
Village
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Ychoux is a commune in the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Ychoux is situated 9 km north of The Landes.
Pontenx-les-Forges
Village
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Pontenx-les-Forges is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Pontenx-les-Forges is situated 10 km west of The Landes.
The Landes
- Category: forest
- Location: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Ukrainian—“The Landes” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Selva d’as Landas”
- Basque: “Landak”
- Basque: “Landes”
- Basque: “Landetako basoa”
- Catalan: “Bosc de les Landes”
- Chinese: “朗德森林”
- Czech: “Landes”
- Dutch: “Bos van les Landes”
- Dutch: “Landes (bos)”
- Dutch: “Landes de Gascogne”
- Dutch: “Landes”
- Esperanto: “Arbaro de Landes”
- Esperanto: “Foret des Landes”
- Esperanto: “Forêt des Landes”
- French: “Forêt des landes de gascogne”
- French: “Forêt des landes de Gascogne”
- French: “Forêt des Landes de Gascogne”
- French: “Foret des Landes”
- French: “forêt des Landes”
- French: “Forêt des landes”
- French: “Forêt des Landes”
- French: “Forêt Des Landes”
- French: “Forêt landaise”
- French: “Grandes Landes”
- French: “Landes de Gascogne”
- French: “Les Landes”
- French: “Massif forestier des Landes”
- French: “Massif landais”
- French: “Pignada”
- French: “Pinhadar”
- Galician: “Fraga de Landas”
- German: “Forêt des Landes”
- German: “Landes de Gascogne”
- Greek: “Δρυμός των Λαντ”
- Hebrew: “יער לאנד”
- Japanese: “ランドの森”
- Persian: “جنگل لاندس”
- Russian: “Ланды”
- Russian: “Лес Ландов”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Landes”
- Spanish: “Bosque de las Landas”
- Spanish: “Las Landas”
- Ukrainian: “Ліс Ланд”
- Ukrainian: “Ліс Ландів”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Grand Ligautenx and Lüe.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Labouheyre Railway Station and Ychoux Railway Station.
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