Arrondissement of Dax


The arrondissement of Dax is an arrondissement of France in the Landes department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 152 communes. Its population is 224,716, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Dax, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Amou
  2. Angoumé
  3. Angresse
  4. Argelos
  5. Arsague
  6. Audon
  7. Azur
  8. Baigts
  9. Bassercles
  10. Bastennes
  11. Bégaar
  12. Bélus
  13. Bénesse-lès-Dax
  14. Bénesse-Maremne
  15. Bergouey
  16. Beylongue
  17. Beyries
  18. Biarrotte
  19. Biaudos
  20. Bonnegarde
  21. Brassempouy
  22. Cagnotte
  23. Candresse
  24. Capbreton
  25. Carcarès-Sainte-Croix
  26. Carcen-Ponson
  27. Cassen
  28. Castaignos-Souslens
  29. Castelnau-Chalosse
  30. Castel-Sarrazin
  31. Castets
  32. Cauneille
  33. Caupenne
  34. Clermont
  35. Dax
  36. Doazit
  37. Donzacq
  38. Estibeaux
  39. Gaas
  40. Gamarde-les-Bains
  41. Garrey
  42. Gaujacq
  43. Gibret
  44. Goos
  45. Gourbera
  46. Gousse
  47. Gouts
  48. Habas
  49. Hastingues
  50. Hauriet
  51. Herm
  52. Heugas
  53. Hinx
  54. Josse
  55. Labatut
  56. Labenne
  57. Lahosse
  58. Laluque
  59. Lamothe
  60. Larbey
  61. Laurède
  62. Léon
  63. Lesgor
  64. Le Leuy
  65. Lévignacq
  66. Linxe
  67. Lit-et-Mixe
  68. Louer
  69. Lourquen
  70. Magescq
  71. Marpaps
  72. Maylis
  73. Mées
  74. Meilhan
  75. Messanges
  76. Mimbaste
  77. Misson
  78. Moliets-et-Maa
  79. Montfort-en-Chalosse
  80. Mouscardès
  81. Mugron
  82. Narrosse
  83. Nassiet
  84. Nerbis
  85. Nousse
  86. Oeyregave
  87. Oeyreluy
  88. Onard
  89. Ondres
  90. Orist
  91. Orthevielle
  92. Orx
  93. Ossages
  94. Ozourt
  95. Pey
  96. Peyrehorade
  97. Pomarez
  98. Pontonx-sur-l'Adour
  99. Port-de-Lanne
  100. Pouillon
  101. Poyanne
  102. Poyartin
  103. Préchacq-les-Bains
  104. Rion-des-Landes
  105. Rivière-Saas-et-Gourby
  106. Saint-André-de-Seignanx
  107. Saint-Aubin
  108. Saint-Barthélemy
  109. Saint-Cricq-du-Gave
  110. Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse
  111. Saint-Étienne-d'Orthe
  112. Saint-Geours-d'Auribat
  113. Saint-Geours-de-Maremne
  114. Saint-Jean-de-Lier
  115. Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq
  116. Saint-Julien-en-Born
  117. Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse
  118. Saint-Lon-les-Mines
  119. Saint-Martin-de-Hinx
  120. Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx
  121. Saint-Michel-Escalus
  122. Saint-Pandelon
  123. Saint-Paul-lès-Dax
  124. Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
  125. Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse
  126. Saint-Yaguen
  127. Saubion
  128. Saubrigues
  129. Saubusse
  130. Saugnac-et-Cambran
  131. Seignosse
  132. Seyresse
  133. Siest
  134. Soorts-Hossegor
  135. Sorde-l'Abbaye
  136. Sort-en-Chalosse
  137. Souprosse
  138. Soustons
  139. Taller
  140. Tarnos
  141. Tartas
  142. Tercis-les-Bains
  143. Téthieu
  144. Tilh
  145. Tosse
  146. Toulouzette
  147. Uza
  148. Vicq-d'Auribat
  149. Vielle-Saint-Girons
  150. Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains
  151. Villenave
  152. Yzosse

    History

The arrondissement of Dax was created in 1800.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Dax were, as of January 2015:
  1. Amou
  2. Castets
  3. Dax-Nord
  4. Dax-Sud
  5. Montfort-en-Chalosse
  6. Mugron
  7. Peyrehorade
  8. Pouillon
  9. Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx
  10. Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse
  11. Soustons
  12. Tartas-Est
  13. Tartas-Ouest