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Saint-Sever

Field	Value
name	Saint-Sever
commune status	Commune
image	Abbaye St Sever 1.JPG
caption	Abbey church
image coat of arms	Blason saint sever.svg
arrondissement	Mont-de-Marsan
canton	Chalosse Tursan
INSEE	40282
postal code	40500
mayor	Arnaud Tauzin
term	2020–2026
coordinates
elevation min m	26
elevation max m	118
area km2	46.96
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason saint sever.svg

Saint-Sever (, Gascon Sent Sever ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

History and geography

Saint-Sever stands on an eminence. It is 17 km south of Mont-de-Marsan, on the left bank of the Adour in the Chalosse area.

Neighboring communes: Benquet, Bas-Mauco, Audignon, Cauna, Aurice, Montaut, Banos, Coudures, Eyres-Moncube, Montsoué, Montgaillard.

The town's abbey was founded by Guillaume Sanche lord of Gascony in the late 10th century. According to the monastic chronicles, this was as the result of a vow he made after the battle of Taller, in Gascony, in which he defeated the Vikings (982). In 1060, after a fire, the abbey was reconstructed on the model of Cluny under the direction of the abbot Gregori de Montaner. The Saint-Sever Beatus was the work of monks working under the direction of the same abbot; Abbot Gregori held the post from 1028 to 1072.

Sights

Its streets, bordered in places by old houses, are narrow and winding. The promenade of Morlanne laid out on the site of a Roman camp called Palestrion commands a fine view of the Adour and the pine forests of the Landes.

The convent and cloister of the Jacobins (13th century), a Dominican convent, built of pink bricks; now contains the Jacobins Museum (exhibits include rocks and illuminations from the Saint-Sever Beatus).

Population

|1793 |5000 |1821 |5400 |1846 |5010 |1872 |4734 |1901 |4769 |1926 |4022 |1946 |3727 |1962 |3983 |1968 |4360 |1975 |4716 |1982 |4716 |1990 |4536 |1999 |4455 |2007 |4685 |2012 |4733 |2017 |4955

Sights

The public institutions of the town include the sub-prefecture, a tribunal of first instance, and a practical school of agriculture and viticulture which occupies a former Dominican convent.

References

(13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
[https://www.saint-sever.fr/Mairie-et-vie-pratique/La-ville Presentation of the town] (official homepage of Saint-Sever).
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/40281-saint-pierre-du-mont INSEE commune file]
{{Cassini-Ehess. 34646. Saint-Sever
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-40282#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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