Saint-Jean-De-Marsacq: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
La Scandibérique, the French section of EuroVelo 3, runs through Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq between Saubusse and Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse. The towpath along the Adour was redesigned to largely reduce car traffic and provide pedestrians and cyclists with a riverside promenade along the Adour.
Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq is planning to stay directly in this municipality.
Nature
The Adour runs along the municipality of Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq for approximately 4.4 kilometres. Along the municipality, the river is designated as a Natura 2000 site.
In the east of the municipality, the Barthes extend over 6 kilometres. Drainage channels and sluices are believed to have been constructed in the 17th century.
The Forêt Saint-Jeannaise covers approximately 140 hectares of coniferous forest and around 15 hectares of deciduous forest.
Culture and History
The Lavoir des Tucs washhouse was a social meeting place for the village. Women gathered there and exchanged news from the village and the surrounding region.
Until the 20th century, the Adour was an important transport route for goods and was used by Landes barges known as galupes. The municipality’s small industrial businesses in the 19th century included tile works, brickworks and lime kilns; they later ceased operations.
A Neolithic axe and flint tools were discovered in Gayrosse. A Premonstratensian priory was founded in Mongaillard next to the presbytery and church.
The church of Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq was fortified between the 14th and 16th centuries and served as a refuge during the Wars of Religion. Since 29 April 1969, it has been listed in the supplementary inventory of historic monuments.
The monks of the Saint-Jean priory welcomed pilgrims travelling to Santiago de Compostela.
The short Circuit des us et coutumes de l’Adour trail provides insight into the traditional uses of the Adour, including a towpath, marl pits and Barthes.
The long Circuit des us et coutumes de l’Adour trail follows the Ruisseau de Lorta, which drains the Barthes.
On the long trail, La Marnière is associated with former marl pits from which marl was extracted to improve the area’s highly clay-rich fields.
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