What is Dax, Landes?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Dax |commune status = [[Subprefectures in France|Subprefecture]] and [[Communes of France|commune]] |image = Dax Fontaine chaude2.jpg |caption = La [[Fontaine Chaude]] |image coat of arms = Blason Dax 40.svg |arrondissement = Dax |canton = [[Canton of Dax-1|Dax-1]] and [[Canton of Dax-2|2]] |INSEE = 40088 |postal code = 40100 |mayor = Gabriel Bellocq |term = 2014&ndash;2020 |intercommunality = Grand Dax |coordinates = {{coord|43.71|-1.05|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 9 |elevation min m = 2 |elevation max m = 46 |area km2 = 19.70 |population = 20683 |population date = 2015 }} '''Dax''' (''Dacs'' in [[Gascon language|Gascon]]) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] in south-western [[France]], [[Prefectures in France|sub-prefecture]] of the [[Landes]] [[Departments of France|department]]. It is also the capital of the ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]]'' of [[Arrondissement of Dax|Dax]] and of 2 [[Cantons in France|''cantons'']] in the department: [[Canton of Dax-1|Dax-1]] and [[Canton of Dax-2|Dax-2]]. It is well-known [[spa town]], specialising in [[mud]] treatment for [[rheumatism]] and similar [[Medicine|medical]] problems. ==History== Dax was first established by the [[Roman Empire|Roman]]s, and its name was ''Civitas Aquensium''. In the [[Middle Ages]], it was administered by [[viscount]]s until 1177. when [[Henry II Plantagenet]], later King of England, got the [[Aquitaine]]. Dax remained under the [[England|English]] rule until 1451, when it was conquered by the [[France|French]] troops before the end of the [[Hundred Years' War]]. ==Geography== Dax is, in straight line, at about {{Convert|30|km|mi|0|abbr=off }} from the [[beach]]es of southern [[Landes]], {{Convert|45|km|mi|0|abbr=off }} from [[Bay