Morcenx

Morcenx
The church in Morcenx
Coat of arms
Morcenx
Location within Aquitaine region  Morcenx
Coordinates: 44°02′02″N 0°54′47″W / 44.0339°N 0.9131°WCoordinates: 44°02′02″N 0°54′47″W / 44.0339°N 0.9131°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Morcenx
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays Morcenais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Deyres
Area^1	62.08 km^2 (23.97 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	4,573
• Density	74/km^2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	40197 / 40110
Elevation	50–104 m (164–341 ft) (avg. 74 m or 243 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Morcenx is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.

Geography

Commune situated in the Grande Lande in the Landes forest (forêt des Landes) on the Bez.
Access by the A63 freeway, exit 14 Onesse-et-Laharie.

History

The Morcenx area, bordered by the Bez and its tributaries, seems to have been occupied since prehistoric times. Flint tools, domestic furniture, and a cinerary (cremation ashes) box from the 1st Iron Age have been found there.

The church « sanctus Petrus de Morcencz » was mentioned in the Liber rubeus during the 12th century.