Mées
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Mées (French pronunciation: [mɛs]; Occitan: Mers) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France.
Mées | |
|---|---|
 Location of Mées | |
  Mées  Mées | |
| Coordinates: 43°42′11″N 1°06′23″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Landes |
| Arrondissement | Dax |
| Canton | Dax-1 |
| Intercommunality | CA Grand Dax |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Sophie Irigoyen[1] |
Area 1 | 15.11 km2 (5.83 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,036 |
| • Density | 134.7/km2 (349.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 40179 /40990 |
| Elevation | 1–49 m (3.3–160.8 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 974 | — |
| 1975 | 987 | +0.19% |
| 1982 | 1,009 | +0.32% |
| 1990 | 1,311 | +3.33% |
| 1999 | 1,377 | +0.55% |
| 2007 | 1,646 | +2.26% |
| 2012 | 1,730 | +1.00% |
| 2017 | 1,805 | +0.85% |
| 2023 | 2,036 | +2.03% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Notable people
- Andrée Viollis (1870–1950), journalist and writer
