Hastingues
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Hastingues
|commune status = Commune
|image = Hastingues-porte 04.JPG
|caption = Gate of Hastingues from the 14th century
|arrondissement = Dax
|canton = Orthe et Arrigans
|INSEE = 40120
|postal code = 40300
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Pays d'Orthe et Arrigans
|coordinates = {{coord|43.5353|-1.1478|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 44
|elevation min m = 0
|elevation max m = 84
|area km2 = 14.54
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Hastingues ({{IPA|fr|astɛ̃ɡ}}; {{langx|oc|Hastings}}, {{langx|eu|Hastinga}}) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/40120-hastingues INSEE commune file] Its nickname, due to its location on a rounded-shaped hill, is Lou Carcolh (the snail).
Geography
The town lies on a hill looking over the valley of the Gaves réunis, in the Gascon region and bordering on the Basque Country.
History
The bastide was founded in 1289 by John Hastings, seneschal of Gascony, who signed a treaty of coregency in the name of Edward I of England between the king, Duke of Aquitaine and the monks of Arthous abbey.
The work on the gate was started in 1289, but the town wall still was not complete in the 15th century.
The houses of Jurats and Sénéchal were built in the same century.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-40120#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |401
|1975 |408
|1982 |447
|1990 |472
|1999 |447
|2009 |583
|2014 |575
|2020 |598
}}
File:Hastingues-Cote-du-Pic 02.JPG|View from the town over the valley and the river
File:Hastingues-Jurats 01.JPG|Maison Jurats
File:Hastingues-Laplante 02.JPG|House of the Seneschal
File:Hastingues-Laplante 01.JPG|Entrance of the house of the Seneschal
File:Hastingues-porte 05.JPG|Detail of the gate
References
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See also
{{Commons category|Hastingues}}
{{Landes communes}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Landes (department)
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