Morcenx (;
Gascon: ''Morcens'') is a former
commune in the
Landes department in
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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in southwestern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Morcenx-la-Nouvelle
Morcenx-la-Nouvelle (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Landes (department), Landes Departments of France, department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of ...
.
Arrêté préfectoral
16 November 2018
Geography
Morcenx is situated in the Grande Lande
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in the Landes forest
The Landes forest (; La forêt des Landes in French) in the Landes de Gascogne (las Lanas de Gasconha in the Gascon language), in the historic Gascony natural region of southwestern France now known as Aquitaine, is the largest man-made woodlan ...
(''forêt des Landes'') on the Bez. It is accessed by the A63 motorway, exit 14 for Onesse-et-Laharie.
History
The Morcenx area, bordered by the Bez and its tributaries, seems to have been occupied since prehistoric times. Flint tools, domestic furniture, and a cinerary (cremation ashes) box from the 1st Iron Age have been found there.
The church Saint Pierre de Morcencz was mentioned in the Liber rubeus in the 12th century.
Population
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
Former communes of Landes (department)
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