Coudures (;
Gascon: ''Coduras'') is a
commune in the
Landes department,
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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, southwestern
France
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.
It is located SSE of
Saint-Sever
Saint-Sever (, Gascon ''Sent Sever'' ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
History and geography
Saint-Sever stands on an eminence. It is south of Mont-de-Marsan, on the left bank of th ...
and from
Eyres-Moncube.
Geography
Coudures is in the area south of the river
Adour
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. This area is far more pronounced in altitude differences than North of the river - where the land is virtually flat for many kilometres.
From several places in Coudures it is possible to see the
Pyrenees
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Mountains on a clear day. The Pyrenees are around south of the village.
History
The village was established in 1305 as a
bastide
Bastides are fortified new towns built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony, Aquitaine, England and Wales during the 13th and 14th centuries, although some authorities count Mont-de-Marsan and Montauban, which was founded in 1144, as the first bastides ...
by the Lord of Lescun on territory of the English King
Edward II
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. The village church was drastically remodelled at the end of the 19th century.
L'église de Coudures
Mairie de Coudures.
Population
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
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that live in the village, with a very diverse mixture from North to South, East to West.
Sport
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
The following is a list of the 327 communes of the Landes department of France
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References
Communes of Landes (department)
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