Tursan

The Tursan is a soil of the department of the Landes, pertaining to the Pays of Adour landais.

Localization

Belonging to the old province of Gascogne, Tursan is located in withdrawal of the coast and the vast forest of pines. Boxed in the South-east of the department, it offers a green and undulating landscape where the Maïs pushes which will be used to fatten geese and ducks.

Tursan is bordered in North by the Petites Moors, in the West by the Chalosse, in the South by the Béarn, and in the East by the Armagnac.

Geology

Tursan presents grounds argilo-limestones on formation Tertiaire of the Eocene .

History

Tursan was a Vicomté under the Ancien Mode. The most famous Viscount was Henri IV.

Cities

the principal cities are: Aire-sur-l'Adour & the country house of Geaune

List of the cities: to see the Community of communes of Tursan

Toponymy

Castelnau-Tursan : to see Castelnau
Hurdy-gurdy-Tursan

Vineyard

And Delimited Wine label of origin of Higher Quality, the Vignoble of Tursan offers very dry white wines, the rosy ones and reds.

Pilgrimage of Jacques Saint

Tursan is crossed by the principal way of pilgrimage which carries out until Saint Jacques de Compostèle at the beginning of the Puy-en-Velay: the Via Podiensis. Principal stages:

Aire-sur-l'Adour, and its Holy church Quitterie classified with the world heritage of UNESCO
Miramont-Sensacq
Pimbo, and its collegial

Hydrotherapy

Thermal spa of Eugenie-the-Baths, holding its name of the empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III. The chief cook Michel Guérard has a restaurant there.

Craft industry

Workshop of earthenware with Samadet.

Spoken languages

French (official language, spoken and understood by the unit by the population)
Gascon (vernacular language, still of use in the rural areas).

Internal bonds

Territories and country of the Moors
Tourism in the Moors

External bond

Official site Country Adour - Chalosse - Tursan
Ways of Jacques Saint in the Moors
Official site of the Museum of the Earthenware and Arts of the Table of Contemporary Ceramics Samadet
Center of Tursan with Samadet

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