Landes forest

The Landes forest in the Landes de Gascogne, in the historic Gascony natural region of southwestern France now known as Aquitaine, is the largest man-made woodland in Western Europe. The French word landes and Gascon lanas mean 'moors' or 'heaths', from Transalpine Gaulish *landa ; compare Irish lann, Welsh llan (“enclosure”).