Morcenx
Encyclopedia
Morcenx is a commune
in the Landes department in Aquitaine
in south-western France
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Access by the A63 freeway, exit 14 Onesse-et-Laharie
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and it affluents, seems to have been occupied since the Prehistoric time. Have been found there silex tools, domestic fournitures and a cinerary box from the 1st Iron Age.
The church « sanctus Petrus de Morcencz » is mentioned in the Liber rubeus during the 12th century.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Landes department in Aquitaine
Aquitaine
Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...
in south-western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Commune situated in the grande-Lande in the Landes forest (forêt des Landes) on the BezBez (Midouze)
The Bez is a right tributary to the Midouze River in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. Its name is similar to that of Baïse. The Bez has its origins in the northern Morcenx where it collects the waters of Brassenx. It joins the Midouze River in Saint-Yaguen...
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Access by the A63 freeway, exit 14 Onesse-et-Laharie
Onesse-et-Laharie
Onesse-et-Laharie is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Landes department...
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History
Morcenx area, bordured with the BezBez (Midouze)
The Bez is a right tributary to the Midouze River in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. Its name is similar to that of Baïse. The Bez has its origins in the northern Morcenx where it collects the waters of Brassenx. It joins the Midouze River in Saint-Yaguen...
and it affluents, seems to have been occupied since the Prehistoric time. Have been found there silex tools, domestic fournitures and a cinerary box from the 1st Iron Age.
The church « sanctus Petrus de Morcencz » is mentioned in the Liber rubeus during the 12th century.