French depairtment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (French pronunciation: [pi.ʁe.ne.a.tlɑ̃.tik]; Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or [Pirinio-Atlantikoak] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help); Spaingie: Pirineos Atlánticos) is a depairtment in the soothwast o Fraunce which taks its name frae the Pyrenees muntains an the Atlantic Ocean.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
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Location o Pyrénées-Atlantiques in Fraunce | |
Coordinates: 43°15′N 00°50′E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | New Aquitaine |
Prefectur | Pau |
Subprefectures | Bayonne Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
Govrenment | |
• Preses o the General Cooncil | Georges Labazée |
Area | |
• Total | 7645 km2 (2,952 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 647,420 |
• Rank | 37t |
• Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Depairtment nummer | 64 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 52 |
Communes | 547 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
The coat o airms o Pyrénées-Atlantiques combines thae o fower tradeetional provinces:
Wikisource haes the text o the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica airticle Basses-Pyrénées. |
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