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Mimizan (French pronunciation: [mimizɑ̃]; Occitan: Mamisan) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. There are two separate districts of the town: Mimizan-Bourg (town center) and Mimizan-Plage (resort).
Mimizan is a seaside resort on the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern France.
The Courant de Mimizan is a 7-kilometre (4.3 mi)-long coastal river which flows from the Étang d'Aureilhan lake through Mimizan into the sea. It also serves also a spillway for the three lakes in the north of Landes (Cazeaux-Sanguinet, Parentis-Biscarosse and Aureilhan-Mimizan).[citation needed] This natural boundary marks out the north and south areas of the Mimizan district.
The course of the river has altered over time. In 1812, it flowed into the ocean 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) further the south at Maillouyère.[citation needed] In 1928, a strong current of water destroyed the littoral sand dune at the river mouth, and the course is now controlled by two artificial dikes.[citation needed] The Courant de Mimizan is a popular spot for elver fishing.[citation needed]
The coastal beach resort of Mimizan Plage is divided by the river, with the majority of summer attractions centred around the North Beach, along with the seasonal markets and a pedestrian zone.[citation needed] Along Mimizan South Beach are located cycle paths and walking trails.[citation needed] When the poet Maurice Martin made a stop at Mimizan with his caravan in 1905, he described the expanse of fine sand as the "Pearl of the Silver Coast".[citation needed]
In Neolithic times, the countries of the oceanic fringe were populated by people who hunted and fished, leaving archaeological evidence behind. At the end of the Neolithic Age, small groups of farmers began to settle. During the first Iron Age (7th to 5th c. BC), small tribes who can be considered as proto-Celts, settled in the area. The presence of a civilization called the Boïens installed in the Buch countryside and who moved down to Born country have also been recorded. However, these small tribes were not deeply implanted in the Lande. When the Romans invaded the Aquitaine, they discovered tribes quite distinct from these Celtic tribes, more like the Iberians, organized in ethnic groups known under the name of the Novempopulania.
At the end of the third century the region under Rome's rule organized itself into one province: Aquitania Tertia. It would be lined with roads listed in the Antonine Itinerary, which in the early fourth century retraced the Roman routes, symbols of an economic opening, e.g., the "coastal" path and the railway station of Segosa (Saint-Paul-le-Vieux). In Born and Marensin, the bays which had not yet been closed off by dunes obviously served as ports that permitted trade and commerce, such as that of resin collected in the ancient dune forests.
The period of barbarian invasion was subject to controversy because several legends took birth there (like at Mimizan that at the battle where St. Galatoire perished under the assault of invaders). However, it was unquestionably after the Roman era the invasion of sand forming modern dunes saw the closure of bays and then the ruin of little ports. Among the people that we meet between the 5th and 10th centuries are the Gascons. In 602 the name Vasconia appeared for the first time, to describe the countryside situated between Garonne and the Pyrenees. The Carolingian influence transformed Vasconia into Gascogne. Next the country was to face the Norman invasions.
Mimizan
Mimizan (French pronunciation: [mimizɑ̃]; Occitan: Mamisan) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. There are two separate districts of the town: Mimizan-Bourg (town center) and Mimizan-Plage (resort).
Mimizan is a seaside resort on the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern France.
The Courant de Mimizan is a 7-kilometre (4.3 mi)-long coastal river which flows from the Étang d'Aureilhan lake through Mimizan into the sea. It also serves also a spillway for the three lakes in the north of Landes (Cazeaux-Sanguinet, Parentis-Biscarosse and Aureilhan-Mimizan).[citation needed] This natural boundary marks out the north and south areas of the Mimizan district.
The course of the river has altered over time. In 1812, it flowed into the ocean 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) further the south at Maillouyère.[citation needed] In 1928, a strong current of water destroyed the littoral sand dune at the river mouth, and the course is now controlled by two artificial dikes.[citation needed] The Courant de Mimizan is a popular spot for elver fishing.[citation needed]
The coastal beach resort of Mimizan Plage is divided by the river, with the majority of summer attractions centred around the North Beach, along with the seasonal markets and a pedestrian zone.[citation needed] Along Mimizan South Beach are located cycle paths and walking trails.[citation needed] When the poet Maurice Martin made a stop at Mimizan with his caravan in 1905, he described the expanse of fine sand as the "Pearl of the Silver Coast".[citation needed]
In Neolithic times, the countries of the oceanic fringe were populated by people who hunted and fished, leaving archaeological evidence behind. At the end of the Neolithic Age, small groups of farmers began to settle. During the first Iron Age (7th to 5th c. BC), small tribes who can be considered as proto-Celts, settled in the area. The presence of a civilization called the Boïens installed in the Buch countryside and who moved down to Born country have also been recorded. However, these small tribes were not deeply implanted in the Lande. When the Romans invaded the Aquitaine, they discovered tribes quite distinct from these Celtic tribes, more like the Iberians, organized in ethnic groups known under the name of the Novempopulania.
At the end of the third century the region under Rome's rule organized itself into one province: Aquitania Tertia. It would be lined with roads listed in the Antonine Itinerary, which in the early fourth century retraced the Roman routes, symbols of an economic opening, e.g., the "coastal" path and the railway station of Segosa (Saint-Paul-le-Vieux). In Born and Marensin, the bays which had not yet been closed off by dunes obviously served as ports that permitted trade and commerce, such as that of resin collected in the ancient dune forests.
The period of barbarian invasion was subject to controversy because several legends took birth there (like at Mimizan that at the battle where St. Galatoire perished under the assault of invaders). However, it was unquestionably after the Roman era the invasion of sand forming modern dunes saw the closure of bays and then the ruin of little ports. Among the people that we meet between the 5th and 10th centuries are the Gascons. In 602 the name Vasconia appeared for the first time, to describe the countryside situated between Garonne and the Pyrenees. The Carolingian influence transformed Vasconia into Gascogne. Next the country was to face the Norman invasions.
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