Location of Landes on a map of France Mimizan is a commune of France, located in the département, of Landes (40), in the region of Aquitaine. Its inhabitants are called Mimizannais. The city splits into Mimizan-Bourg (city center) and Mimizan-Plage (resort). Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ...
France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common...
Capital Bordeaux Area 41,309 km² Regional President Alain Rousset ( PS) (since 1998) Population - 2004 estimate - 1999 census - Density (Ranked 6th) 3,049,000 2,908,359 74/km² (2004) Arrondissements 18 Cantons 235 Communes 2,296 Départements Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques Aquitaine...
Jump to: navigation, search The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ...
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The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ...
The canton is an administrative division of France. ...
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). ...
A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ...
A mayor (from the Latin maīor, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...
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Image File history File links Credit(s): fr:Utilisateur:Rinaldum Source: french wikipedia File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The commune (in French: commune, word appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common) is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Landes is a département in southern France. ...
Capital Bordeaux Area 41,309 km² Regional President Alain Rousset ( PS) (since 1998) Population - 2004 estimate - 1999 census - Density (Ranked 6th) 3,049,000 2,908,359 74/km² (2004) Arrondissements 18 Cantons 235 Communes 2,296 Départements Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques Aquitaine...
Geography
Mimizan is a seaside resort on the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean), in South Western France. ESA photo, phytoplankton bloom along the Bay of Biscay Not to be confused with the North American Biscayne Bay. ...
History Mimizan was part of to the former royal province of Gascony. In the Middle-Ages, the city was a stop on a secondary pilgrimage route to Santiago Compostela. The size and beauty of the old church highlights the importance of the place at this time. The city turned into a seaside resort during the Belle Epoque thanks to the railroad connection (no longer exists) and to the growing trend of ocean bathing, beneficial to the health of those suffering with tuberculosis. Gascony (French: Gascogne, pronounced ; Gascon: Gasconha, pronounced ) is an area of southwest France that constituted a royal province prior to the French Revolution. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ...
The seafront of Torquay, a seaside resort in Devon, England. ...
The Belle poque, or beautiful era, was a period in Frances history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I. Occurring at the midpoint of the Third Republic, the Belle poque was considered a golden time of beauty, innovation, and peace between France and...
Economy Paper mill (Groupe Gascogne Co), tourism (seaside resort). International Paper Company:kraft paper mill Georgetown, South Carolina When built, this mill was the largest in the world A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier Machine or similar apparatus. ...
The seafront of Torquay, a seaside resort in Devon, England. ...
Twin cities Mimizan is the twin city of Old Orchard Beach (Maine, USA). Jump to: navigation, search Pier at Old Orchard Beach Old Orchard Beach is a census-designated place located in York County, Maine. ...
Places and monuments The bell tower of the old church is on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The hunting lodge Château of Woolsack was built in 1911 by the British Duke of Westminster. In 1998, several sites in France were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites under the description: Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France. Below is a detailed list of these sites: Périgueux: cathedral Saint-Front - Aquitaine Saint-Avit-Sénieur: church - Aquitaine Le Buisson-de-Cadouin: former abbaye...
Personalities linked with the city Aircraft pionners Assolant, Lefèvre and Lotti linked Old Orchard Beach (USA) to Mimizan (landing on 16th june 1929) on board of Oiseau Canari plane. Jump to: navigation, search Pier at Old Orchard Beach Old Orchard Beach is a census-designated place located in York County, Maine. ...
Couturier Coco Chanel was a regular holiday maker at the Château of Woolsack. Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel (August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971) was a pioneering French couturier whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her arguably the most important figure in the history of 20th-century fashion design. ...
Recreational activities Surfing, fishing, cycling, bathing are amongst the most popular activities.
Miscelaneous - Communes of the Landes département
The following is a list of the 331 communes of the Landes département of France. ...
External links - Museum of Mimizan
- Tourism in Mimizan
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