Commune of Biscarrosse
Location
Longitude	01° 09' 46" W
Latitude	44° 23' 39" N
Administration
Country	France
Région	Aquitaine
Département	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Parentis
Intercommunality	Communauté de commune des Grands Lacs
Mayor	Alain Dudon (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	0 m–78 m (avg. 26 m)
Land area¹	160.48 km²
Population² (1999)	9,281
- Density (1999)	57.8/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	40046/ 40600
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Biscarrosse is a town and commune in the Landes département of western France, located south west of Bordeaux (50 km). It is a seaside resort. Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... {{ Haute-Normandie ... Location Administration Capital Bordeaux Regional President Alain Rousset (PS) (since 1998) Départements Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques Arrondissements 18 Cantons 235 Communes 2,296 Statistics Land area1 41,309 km² Population (Ranked 6th)  - January 1, 2005 est. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Landes is a département in southern France. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan is an arrondissement of France, located in the Landes département, of the Aquitaine région. ... The canton is an administrative division of France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... now. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Landes is a département in southern France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... New city flag (traditional tri-crescent) City coat of arms Motto: The fleur-de-lis alone rules over the moon, the waves, the castle, and the lion Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Aquitaine Département Gironde (33) Intercommunality Urban Community of Bordeaux Mayor...

Near Biscarrosse, at 44°27′N 1°15′W, there is the CEL (national test centre) from which numerous French military rockets have been launched for test purposes. Likewise, the CEL has facilities for launching civilian rockets to study the upper atmosphere. Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA) Air redirects here. ...

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