Guiche, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Guiche (French pronunciation: [ɡiʃ]; Basque: Gixune;^[3] Occitan: Guishe) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.^[4]

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Guiche Gixune / Guishe
Commune
The chateau of Guiche, seat of the Dukes of Gramont
Coat of arms
Location of Guiche
Guiche Show map of France Guiche Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 43°30′46″N 1°12′10″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Nive-Adour
Intercommunality	CA Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Bussiron^[1]
Area ¹	24.84 km² (9.59 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,033
• Density	42/km² (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64250 /64520
Elevation	0–177 m (0–581 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand features a character known as the Count de Guiche who depicts Antoine III de Gramont, a real-life French marshal from Guiche.

Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

[1]
"Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
[2]
"Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
[3]
GIXUNE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
[4]
INSEE commune file

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Guiche (French pronunciation: [ɡiʃ]; Basque: Gixune;^[3] Occitan: Guishe) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.^[4]

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Quick Facts Gixune / Guishe, Country ...

Guiche Gixune / Guishe
Commune
The chateau of Guiche, seat of the Dukes of Gramont
Coat of arms
Location of Guiche
Guiche Show map of France Guiche Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 43°30′46″N 1°12′10″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Nive-Adour
Intercommunality	CA Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Bussiron^[1]
Area ¹	24.84 km² (9.59 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	1,033
• Density	42/km² (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64250 /64520
Elevation	0–177 m (0–581 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand features a character known as the Count de Guiche who depicts Antoine III de Gramont, a real-life French marshal from Guiche.

Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

[1]
"Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
[2]
"Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
[3]
GIXUNE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
[4]
INSEE commune file

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