Country France Department Landes Intercommunality Grands Lacs Area 81.43 km² Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Parentis-en-Born Population (2013) 3,605 Local time Tuesday 5:05 PM | |
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Weather 10°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 87% Humidity Points of interest Au Paradis du Papillon, Étang de Cazaux et de Sangu, Le Musée du Lac | ||
Sanguinet (Sanguinet in Occitan) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France, situated next to Étang de Cazaux et de Sanguinet.
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Map of 40460 Sanguinet, France
Geography
The commune is situated in the north of the department of Landes. The river Gorgue passes through the village and this river is the source of the lake. It would have originally flowed into the Atlantic Ocean, but the mouth of the river was blocked over the centuries by sand dunes on the coast and thus creating the lake and many others along Landes' Atlantic Coast. The lake has covered previous sitings of a town many centuries ago.
International relations
Sanguinet is twinned with town of Neyland in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
References
Sanguinet Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA