Gastes

Gastes
Gastes
Commune
	L'Etang de Gastes
	Location of Gastes
	Gastes Gastes
	Coordinates: 44°19′38″N 1°08′42″W / 44.3272°N 1.145°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
Canton	Grands Lacs
Intercommunality	Grands Lacs
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Françoise Douste
Area 1	35.23 km2 (13.60 sq mi)
Population (2021)	897
• Density	25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	40108 /40160
Elevation	2–60 m (6.6–196.9 ft) ; (avg. 24 m or 79 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gastes (French pronunciation: [ɡast]; Occitan: Gastas) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3] It is located in the Landes forest, between Mimizan and Biscarrosse.

Etymology[edit]

The name of the commune, Gastes, comes from Latin vastas, which means an "empty/deserted land". It synonymous with French gâtine.^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Bénédicte Boyrie-Fénié et Jean-Jacques Fénié (2009). Dictionnaire des Landes (in French). Editions SUD OUEST. p. 159.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE