Mont-de-Marsan, capital of the French department of Landes, at the confluence of the Midou and Douze, 92 miles by rail S. of Bordeaux. It has a mineral spring and manufactures of chemicals, iron, &c. Pop. (1872) 7441; (1886) 10,714.
Mont-de-Marsan
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 284
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