Saint-Sever
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| 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 | |
| :: |
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Saint-Sever (, Gascon Sent Sever ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
History and geography
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Abbaye_St_Sever_3.JPG" caption="Abbey cloister"] ::
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.
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Abbaye_St_Sever_7.JPG" caption="Romanesque]] building of the 12th century, with seven [[apse]]s, once belonged to the [[Benedictine]] abbey founded in the 10th century. The abbey of Saint-Sever was added to the [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Sites]] in 1998, as part of the [[World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France]]."] ::
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
|align = none |cols = 2 |percentages = pagr |source = EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) |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
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Abbaye_St_Sever_4.JPG" caption="Reliquary of [[Saint Severus of Novempopulania]] in the abbey"] ::
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
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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