Dax | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 43°43′N1°03′W / 43.71°N 1.05°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Landes |
Arrondissement | Dax |
Canton | Dax-1 and 2 |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Dax |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Julien Dubois [1] |
Area 1 | 19.70 km2 (7.61 sq mi) |
Population (2021) [2] | 21,347 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 40088 /40100 |
Elevation | 2–46 m (6.6–150.9 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Dax (French pronunciation: [daks] ; Occitan : Dacs; Basque : Akize) is a commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France, sub-prefecture of the Landes department. [3]
It is known as a spa destination, specialising in mud treatment for rheumatism and similar ailments. Dax is also known for its bullfighting culture, especially during the August ferias, one of the most crowded festival events in France with 800,000 people attending over five days. [4] It is also a market town, former bishopric and busy local centre, especially for the Chalosse area.
Dax lies on the river Adour, 30 km (19 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 42 km (26 mi) northwest of Bayonne. Dax station has rail connections to Paris, Hendaye, Tarbes, Bordeaux, Bayonne and Pau.
It was established by the Romans, and its reputation is supposed to date from a visit by Julia, the daughter of the first Emperor Octavian Augustus. Its Roman name was Civitas Aquensium. In the Middle Ages, it was administered by viscounts until 1177. From the acquisition of Aquitaine in 1152 by Henry II Plantagenet, later King of England, Dax remained under English rule until 1451, when it was conquered by French troops before the end of the Hundred Years' War. It successfully withstood a Spanish siege in 1521-1522.
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Source: EHESS [5] and INSEE (1968-2017) [6] |
Climate data for Dax, Landes (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1958–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 29.9 (85.8) | 32.7 (90.9) | 36.2 (97.2) | 40.3 (104.5) | 40.8 (105.4) | 41.1 (106.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 34.7 (94.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 41.1 (106.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.4 (61.5) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.7 (76.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 20.6 (69.1) | 14.8 (58.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 19.3 (66.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) | 8.2 (46.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.7 (71.1) | 19.1 (66.4) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.5 (50.9) | 7.6 (45.7) | 14.3 (57.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.5 (41.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.1 (52.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.1 (61.0) | 16.1 (61.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | 3.7 (38.7) | 9.2 (48.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | −16.2 (2.8) | −9.5 (14.9) | −8.3 (17.1) | −1.8 (28.8) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.8 (38.8) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.8 (44.2) | 2.2 (36.0) | −1.7 (28.9) | −7.2 (19.0) | −10.2 (13.6) | −16.2 (2.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 106.3 (4.19) | 95.8 (3.77) | 82.8 (3.26) | 107.5 (4.23) | 90.2 (3.55) | 69.8 (2.75) | 57.9 (2.28) | 70.3 (2.77) | 89.6 (3.53) | 117.0 (4.61) | 145.7 (5.74) | 118.4 (4.66) | 1,151.3 (45.33) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.4 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 128.4 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 87 | 82 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 82.4 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 95.1 | 108.2 | 166.0 | 171.2 | 196.7 | 206.6 | 219.7 | 212.7 | 190.2 | 142.2 | 93.5 | 80.2 | 1,882.4 |
Source 1: Météo France [7] [8] [9] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Infoclimat.fr (humidity, 1961–1990) [10] |
The US Dax rugby club founded in 1904 is an important historical team, as many other town in south west of France. Many famous French rugby players comes from Dax and its suburbs such as Pierre Albaladejo, Raphaël Ibanez, or Richard Dourthe for example.
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