Benquet is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.
Its inhabitants are called Benquetois.
Benquet is situated 5 miles (8 km) South of the préfecture city of Mont-de-Marsan, at the confines of the Landes forest and of the agricultural region of Chalosse. It is 55 miles (89 km) from the Atlantic Ocean.
Neighboring cities are: Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Bretagne-de-Marsan, Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour, Saint-Sever, Bas-Mauco, ...
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Benquet is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.
Its inhabitants are called Benquetois.
Benquet is situated 5 miles (8 km) South of the préfecture city of Mont-de-Marsan, at the confines of the Landes forest and of the agricultural region of Chalosse. It is 55 miles (89 km) from the Atlantic Ocean.
Neighboring cities are: Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Bretagne-de-Marsan, Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour, Saint-Sever, Bas-Mauco, Haut-Mauco.
Benquet, belonging to the former royal province of Gascony, was under the rule of the abbey of Saint Sever. Jehan Bernard de Benquet, vassal of the prince of Navarre, had the title of Sénéchal of Marsan and of Gabardan. Fights with French Huguenots are reported here.
Mostly corn-growing, breeding (ducks, geese), foie-gras making. Agri-foodstuff research center.
Benquet is the twin village of Muespach-le-Haut, on the German border. As a matter of fact, population from Alsace flew their region and found shelter in South-Western...
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