Sanguinet

Sanguinet
A general view of Sanguinet
Sanguinet
Location within Aquitaine region  Sanguinet
Coordinates: 44°29′06″N 1°04′23″W / 44.485°N 1.0731°WCoordinates: 44°29′06″N 1°04′23″W / 44.485°N 1.0731°W
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Parentis-en-Born
Intercommunality	Grands Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Fabien Lainé
Area^1	81.43 km^2 (31.44 sq mi)
Population (2013)^2	3,605
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	40287 / 40460
Elevation	20–45 m (66–148 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 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.

Sanguinet (Sanguinet in Occitan) is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France, situated next to Étang de Cazaux et de Sanguinet. It is twinned with the town of Neyland in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

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.

Twin Town

Sanguinet is twinned with town of Neyland in Pembrokeshire, Wales. There is a twinning committee in both towns that organise events and visits between the two towns. The committee in Sanguinet has a room in the mairie.

See also

• Communes of the Landes department