Morcenx

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION		CLOSEST TOWNS
Town	Morcenx	Garrosse at 3.4 km (7 min)
Insee code	40197	Arjuzanx at 5.8 km (7 min)
Postcode	40110	Sindères at 6.9 km (8 min)
Latitude	44.0336540	Arengosse at 11.5 km (13 min)
Longitude	-0.9112490	Villenave at 12.8 km (26 min)
Altitude	From 50 to 104 meters	Onesse-et-Laharie at 13.6 km (15 min)
Surface	62.08 km²	Ygos-Saint-Saturnin at 17 km (19 min)
Population	4586 inhabitants	Ousse-Suzan at 20 km (23 min)
Density	78 inhabitants/km²	Beylongue at 20 km (23 min)
Chief town	Mont-de-Marsan (at 40 km, 43 min)	Lesperon at 21 km (19 min)
Department	Landes	Lesgor at 22 km (27 min)
Region	Aquitaine	Search another town

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TOWN PRESENTATION

Access: Mont-de-Marsan, Dax and Sea 40 km - Paris 700 km - SNCF (Paris-Hendaye correspondence to Mont-de-Marsan) - Cars Morcenx linking to Contis, and Mimizan Biscarrosse in July-August .

City Morcenx has a special characteristic: it is composed of two cities, which is rare for a city the size of a capital city of Canton. There are "Morcenx-village" with its houses Landes, its bourgeois homes that is now a neighborhood, three kilometers, "Morcenx-Station", a new city arose from the arrival of the railway.

On August 28, 1854, the first train was traveling from Bordeaux to Dax at the speed of 25 kph has indeed given birth to Morcenx-Station. In this case rail Morcenx was built around the many wood factories and exploitation by Electricite de France since 1962 of a lignite mine (young coal) in the open. Today, mining is definitely closed since 1992 but has stood Morcenx and develop economic activity and important services, which demonstrates the strength and dynamism of this city.

Seems formed on Mauritius, the name of Gallo-Roman suffix enx, having a sense of belonging or origin. Morcenx The site, bordered by Bez and its tributaries, seems to have been occupied since prehistoric times. It is found arrowheads of flint, household furniture, and an urn dating from the 1st Iron Age. Morcenx belonged to the Middle Ages, the barony of Brassenx, John Morsanx, jurat, was present in the common house Arjuzanx, when taking possession of Brassenx by Arnaud Amanieu Albret March 14, 1361. Around 1437, the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, under the authority of a commander (or Commanday), owned land in the neighborhood Cornalis, while very important. A chapel dedicated to St. Michael was established there and remain until the Revolution. The fountain located in Saint John later had the gift to relieve rheumatism. At the end of the 19th century, the Heath Cornalis was the gathering place of flocks around the Couraou of Crous (cross blessing of cattle, immortalized by Felix Arnaudin). Moré Castle was the seat of a Caver. Jean Duvignac, royal judge and advocate in the parliament of Bordeaux, was lord of Maure in 1653. This small manor is owned by Jean Luxcey, royal notary in 1765. It is he who will write the "Book of Grievances" of Morcenx in 1789. Four water mills were installed on Bez and its tributaries: the mill Johandieu or "soft Lagoffun" to Cornalis, the oldest attested from 1553, one of Canlorbe of Batan and the mill Moureu. The arrival of the railway with the first train August 28, 1854, will give birth to the neighborhood from the station that will supplant the Village in 1886, even became the capital of Canton March 31, 1888. A new church was built and consecrated in 1893. The city then experienced a real boom in 1960 bolstered by the construction of a thermal power plant EDF, using lignite underground fuel. After its closure in 1992, has Morcenx reorient its activities, thus remaining the country's industrial hub Morcenais. That Morcenx were born the great tragedian Laparcerie Cora (1875-1951), sculptor and statuary Called Alexander (1899-1980).

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Transport	Train station of Morcenx