meran
The place
meran in the Landes department, Biscarrosse/Sanguinet sector (Forêt des Landes, Aquitaine, France), at 22 m altitude, Landes plain. Continuous France Landes cluster (batches 200-392, 2 listings near pelous batch 391, 44.60/-1.19). Historic forestry/pine-resin cabin (Meran, a Landes forestry place name + Forêt des Landes, 10,000 km², the largest forest in Western Europe, planted in 1857 under Napoleon III to fix the dunes + Pinus pinaster, maritime pine, industrial resin-tapping + heritage of the Landes/Aquitaine (Gascon people, 3 million, Gascon-Occitan minority language + Hundred Years' War 1337-1453, 300 years of English Aquitaine, Eleanor of Aquitaine 1152 + Battle of Castillon, 17 July 1453, end of English rule + Louis XIV 1638-1715, 72 years, Versailles + Revolution 1789 + WWII resistance, Landes maquis 1943-1944, De Gaulle + Fifth Republic 1958, De Gaulle + Mitterrand 1981-1995, political alternation + Macron 2017-2027, En Marche).
The setting
Landes Biscarrosse/Sanguinet Forêt des Landes Aquitaine France 22 m Landes plain, continuous cluster batches 200-392 2 listings near pelous batch 391 44.60/-1.19, forestry/pine-resin cabin Meran Landes forestry place name + Forêt des Landes 10,000 km² largest in Western Europe planted 1857 Napoleon III + Pinus pinaster maritime pine resin-tapping, Landes Aquitaine Gascon 3 million Gascon-Occitan + Hundred Years' War 1337-1453 300 years Eleanor 1152 + Castillon 17 July 1453 end of English rule + Louis XIV 1638-1715 72 years + Revolution 1789 + WWII maquis 1943-1944 De Gaulle + Fifth Republic 1958 De Gaulle + Mitterrand 1981-1995 + Macron 2017-2027.
