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Pyrénées-Atlantiques department | |
Capital | Pau |
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Residents | 679.810 (2018) |
surface | 7,645 km² |
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Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the French region Aquitaine and has the serial number 64. The department borders on the departments to the north Country and Gers, in the east to the département Hautes-Pyrénées, in the south Spain and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
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Topographic map of the department
Regions
The department is divided into the following three arrondissements:
- Arrondissement of Bayonne
- Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie
- Arrondissement of Pau
places
- Anglet -
- Bayonne - is a port city
- Biarritz - is located on the Atlantic coast and has been known as a spa and seaside resort since the 19th century
- Billere -
- Hendaye - Border town and railroad crossing to Spain
- Lons -
- Oloron-Sainte-Marie -
- Orthez -
- Pau - University town at the foot of the Pyrenees and prefecture (administrative seat) of the department.
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz -
![]() Biarritz Grand Plage | Bayonne |
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Web links
- http://www.pyrenees-atlantiques.pref.gouv.fr/ - Official website of Pyrénées-Atlantiques