commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Landes
''Landes'', or ''Lanas'' in Gascon, means moorland or heath.
''Landes'' and ''Lanas'' come from the Latin ''plānus'' meaning “‘flat, even, level, plain’”. They are therefore cognate with the English plain (and plane), the Spanish word ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by ...
in southwestern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
. On 1 January 2017, the former commune of Boos was merged into Rion-des-Landes.Arrêté préfectoral 25 November 2016
Geography
Rion-des-Landes is located in the center of the Landes department.
Population
Education
*Middle School : Marie-Curie
*Primary school : Jean-Menaux
Notable residents
*Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, also known as
Maïté
Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, known as Maïté, born on June 2, 1938, in Rion-des-Landes (Landes (department), Landes), is a French restaurateur, actress and TV presenter. She is mostly famous for hosting long-running cookery shows on French television, ...
, restaurateur, actress and TV presenter
*Gérard Dages, rugby player. Born on March 5, 1930 in Rion-des-Landes. Finalist of the French Rugby Championship in 1953 and 1959 with the
Stade Montois
Stade Montois is a French rugby union team that currently is playing in Pro D2, the second level of the country's professional league system.
They were founded in 1908 and play in yellow and black. They are based in Mont-de-Marsan, the capi ...