Seignanx

Presentation

The Seignanx was a Baronnie in the south-west of the department of the Landes.

place chief

Its historical capital was…

localization

Seignanx is centered on the croups overhanging the old marshes of Orx, drained in 1864. It was initially consisted of the localities of Boucau, Tarnos, Ondres, Saint-Martin-with-Seignanx, and Saint-Andre-with-Seignanx.

The community of commune of Seignanx gathers 8 landaises communes today:

Its territory is composed of beaches, forests, hills and lakes.

Seignanx is bordered by:

the Maremne in North
the Country of Kid and the Barthe S of the Adour in the South-eastern South, vis-a-vis the Basque Country (Labourd)
the Atlantic Ocean in the West.

etymology

The name of Seignanx consists of a radical *seign meaning “marsh” and of rental suffix. This country was out of water but faced the old delta of Adour and in the marshes of Orx which it contributed to feed.

History

See too

Territories and country of the Moors

External bond

Official site Tourist office of Seignanx

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