Philondenx

Philondenx is a common French, located in the department of the Landes and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

History

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Built on a hillock which dominates the valley of the Louts, the borough of Philondenx is remarkable for its Saint-Etienne church, equipped with an astonishing wall-belfry with arcades. As the commune is with the southern extremity of the department of the Moors, one finds several beautiful houses of style inhabitant of Béarn.

Several guides mention the " vestiges of the castle of Arbleix" , not easily locatable…!

Personalities related to the commune

Semantic curiosity

The Toponyme of Philondenx is synonymous, for many speakers of the cantons of Geaune and Hagetmau, of " hole perdu". Thus, one will often intend inhabitants of the close village Hagetmau to pronounce sentences like " oh, it is in Philondenx! ". The landaise commune of Pimbo and the common partners of Pompogne and Pindères, in the Lot-et-Garonne, play an equivalent part for other speakers.

See too

Common of the Moors

External bonds

Philondenx on the site of the national geographical Institute
Philondenx on the site of INSEE
Philondenx on the site of Quid
Localization of Philondenx on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Philondenx on Mapquest

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