Rion-des-Landes (; , before 1962: Rion)Décret du 3 avril 1962 portant changement de noms de communes, Journal officiel de la République française n° 0085, 8 April 1962, p. 3677. is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.INSEE commune file 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 centre of the Landes department.
Château Bellegarde in Rion-des-Landes was built in the first half of the 19th century.Rion, Cœur d'Histoire, p. 10.
Population The population data in the table below refer to the commune of Rion-des-Landes proper, in its geography at the given years.
Education Middle School : Marie-Curie Primary school : Jean-Menaux
Notable residents Marie-Thérèse Ordonez, also known as Maïté, restaurateur, actress and TV presenter Gérard Dages, rugby player, born on 5 March 1930 in Rion-des-Landes. Finalist of the French Rugby Championship in 1953 and 1959 with the Stade Montois.
See also Communes of the Landes department
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