Dax, Landes

Geography

Dax lies on the river Adour, 30 km from the Atlantic Ocean and 42 km northwest of Bayonne. Dax station has rail connections to Paris, Hendaye, Tarbes, Bordeaux, Bayonne and Pau.

History

It was established by the Romans, and its reputation is supposed to date from a visit by Julia, the daughter of the first Emperor Octavian Augustus. Its Roman name was Civitas Aquensium. In the Middle Ages, it was administered by viscounts until 1177. From the acquisition of Aquitaine in 1152 by Henry II Plantagenet, later King of England, Dax remained under English rule until 1451, when it was conquered by French troops before the end of the Hundred Years' War. It successfully withstood a Spanish siege in 1521–1522.

Population

| graph-pos = bottom |1793 |3391 |1800 |3398 |1806 |3179 |1821 |4948 |1831 |4716 |1836 |4776 |1841 |5842 |1846 |5615 |1851 |5805 |1856 |6125 |1861 |9856 |1866 |9469 |1872 |9062 |1876 |10250 |1881 |10218 |1886 |10858 |1891 |10240 |1896 |10196 |1901 |10329 |1906 |11210 |1911 |11387 |1921 |11047 |1926 |12385 |1931 |12663 |1936 |13056 |1946 |14113 |1954 |14557 |1962 |17051 |1968 |19348 |1975 |19137 |1982 |18648 |1990 |19309 |1999 |19515 |2007 |20860 |2012 |20364 |2017 |20681 |2019 |20843

Climate

|Jan record high C = 24.0 |Feb record high C = 27.2 |Mar record high C = 30.1 |Apr record high C = 32.7 |May record high C = 36.2 |Jun record high C = 40.3 |Jul record high C = 40.8 |Aug record high C = 41.1 |Sep record high C = 39.0 |Oct record high C = 34.7 |Nov record high C = 28.1 |Dec record high C = 23.9 |Jan record low C = -16.2 |Feb record low C = -9.5 |Mar record low C = -8.3 |Apr record low C = -2.8 |May record low C = 0.3 |Jun record low C = 3.8 |Jul record low C = 3.4 |Aug record low C = 6.8 |Sep record low C = 2.2 |Oct record low C = -1.7 |Nov record low C = -7.2 |Dec record low C = -10.2 |access-date=22 November 2024}} | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160315123218/http://www.infoclimat.fr/climatologie-07603-dax-seyresse.html | archive-date = 15 March 2016 | access-date = December 28, 2015}}

Sights

• Roman archaeological crypt, including the foundations of a Roman temple from the second century AD
• Remains of the Gallic-Roman walls (4th century)
• Cathedral of Notre-Dame Ste-Marie
• Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Xaintes
• Fontaine Chaude ("Hot Fountain")
• Château de Dax, former castle where now is

Sports

The US Dax rugby club founded in 1904 is an important historical team, as many other town in south west of France. Many famous French rugby players comes from Dax and its suburbs such as Pierre Albaladejo, Raphaël Ibanez, or Richard Dourthe.

Twin towns

• ESP Logroño, Spain

Personalities

• Maurice Boyau, ace of the First World War who spent most of his life in Dax
• Jean-Charles de Borda, mathematician
• Vincent de Paul, theologian born in a village near Dax
• Victor Denain, aviator and politician
• Roger Ducos, politician born in Dax
• Patrick Edlinger, rock climber
• Brigitte Lovisa Fouché, painter
• Laurent Fressinet, chess player
• Raphaël Ibañez, rugby player
• Christophe Lamaison, rugby player
• Émile Magne (1877–1953), art historian and literary critic
• Patrick Pendanx (1975-), footballer

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/40088-dax INSEE commune file]
3. (8 August 2016). "Dax : Sécurité renforcée pour la féria".
4. {{Cassini-Ehess. 11662. Dax
5. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-40088#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE