Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques is in at the southwest corner of France on the border with Spain. It includes the French Basque Country and the traditional province of Béarn. The Pyrenees mountain range crosses the department from east to west.
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is a commune overlooking the , the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the region of Southwestern France.

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is a town in Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the southwest corner of France, part of the Basque region straddling the border with Spain. It's part of the triple township of BAB, Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne, which in 2021 had a population of 309,392, and as a tourist destination it's been overshadowed by the more famous Biarritz.

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is a large beachside town on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of , in south-west .

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& Ciboure are small towns at the mouth of the River Nivelle, near the border with Spain. St Jean, the larger, is east of the river and straight in front of the railway station, while Ciboure is a village some 500 m west across the river bridge - for practical purposes they're a single community.

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is the furthest point in the South West of you can go, a frontier town with , and confined on the edge of both the Atlantic Ocean and Pyrenees Mountains.

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is a town of 1,500 people in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, . It is a common starting point for the French Way of the pilgrim route Camino de Santiago, to Santiago de Compostela in .

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is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern . It is located in the traditional Basque province of Labourd.

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is a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country, historically part of the province of Labourd. It is officially recognized as one of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France.

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, Hostavalem in the Middle Ages, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in south-western . It was the meeting point of four European ways to , three of them joining together there, namely Paris - Tours…

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is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the region of south-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bastidots or Bastidotes.

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is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of the French Basque Country. Nestled in the valley of the Nive river, it's a popular destination for outdoor activities, particularly rafting and hiking.

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is a town in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in French Basque Country, historically part of the province of Lower Navarre.

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is a village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, located in the remote, mountainous Basque province of Soule. The village is world-renowned among geologists and cavers and serves as a gateway to some of the most spectacular natural wonders in the Pyrenees, including a massive underground cave system and a deep, verdant canyon.

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is a small village and commune in the department Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the French Basque Country. It is located in the mountainous, high-altitude province of Soule, the smallest of the seven Basque provinces.

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is a charming village in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of , nestled in the heart of the Barétous Valley in the French .

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is a picturesque village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of southwestern France. Perched at an elevation of approximately 900 metres, it is renowned for its dramatic setting within the breathtaking Cirque de , often called the…

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Latitude of center
43.2359° or 43° 14′ 9″ north
Longitude of center
-0.8164° or 0° 48′ 59″ west
Population
699,000
Elevation
213 metres (699 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2984887
Wiki­data ID
Q12703
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Pyrénées-Atlantiques” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Albanian: “Pirenejtë Atlantikë”
  • Albanian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Arabic: “البرانس الأطلسية”
  • Arabic: “البرانيس الأطلسية (إقليم فرنسي)”
  • Aragonese: “Pireneus Atlanticos”
  • Armenian: “Ատլանտյան Պիրենեյներ”
  • Arpitan: “Pirènês-Atlanticos”
  • Asturian: “Pirineos Atlánticos”
  • Asturian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Azerbaijani: “Atlantik Pireney”
  • Basque: “Basses-Pyrénées”
  • Basque: “Pirinio Atlantikoak”
  • Basque: “Pirinio-Atlantiarrak”
  • Belarusian: “Атлантычныя Пірэнеі”
  • Belarusian: “Атлянтычныя Пірэнэі”
  • Belarusian: “дэпартамент Атлантычныя Пірэнеі”
  • Belarusian: “Ніжнія Пірэнеі”
  • Belarusian: “Пірэнеі Атлантычныя”
  • Bengali: “পিরেনিস-আটলান্টিস”
  • Breton: “Pireneoù-Atlantel”
  • Bulgarian: “Пирене Атлантик”
  • Catalan: “Pirineus Atlàntics”
  • Cebuano: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Chechen: “Атлантикин ПигӀенейш”
  • Chechen: “Атлантикин Пиреней”
  • Chinese: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Chinese: “下比利牛斯省”
  • Chinese: “大西洋岸比利牛斯省”
  • Chinese: “大西洋比利牛斯省”
  • Chinese: “比利牛斯－大西洋”
  • Chuvash: “Атлантика енчи Пиреней”
  • Corsican: “Pirenei Atlantichi”
  • Croatian: “Atlantski Pireneji”
  • Czech: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Dagbani: “Pireneus Atlanticos”
  • Danish: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Dutch: “Pyrenees-Atlantiques”
  • Dutch: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Esperanto: “Pireneoj-Atlantikaj”
  • Esperanto: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Estonian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Estonian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiquesi departemang”
  • Finnish: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • French: “Basses-Pyrénées”
  • French: “Département des Basses-Pyrénées”
  • French: “Pyrenees-Atlantiques”
  • French: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Galician: “Pireneos Atlánticos”
  • Georgian: “ატლანტური პირენეები”
  • German: “Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • German: “Pyrenäen-Atlanti”
  • German: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Greek: “Ατλαντικά Πυρηναία”
  • Greek: “Κάτω Πυρηναία”
  • Gujarati: “પીરેનેસ-એટલાન્ટીક”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques-sén”
  • Hebrew: “הפירנאים האטלנטיים”
  • Hindi: “पायरेनीज़-अटलांटिकेस”
  • Hungarian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Indonesian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento de Pyrenees-Atlantiques”
  • Interlingua: “Departimento Pyrenees-Atlantiques”
  • Irish: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Italian: “Pirenei atlantici”
  • Italian: “Pirenei Atlantici”
  • Japanese: “ピレネー＝アトランティック県”
  • Kannada: “ಪೈರಿನೀಸ್-ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಿಕ್ಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Атлантикалық Пиреней”
  • Kongo: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Korean: “피레네자틀랑티크주”
  • Ladin: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Ladino: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Latin: “Pyrenaei Atlantici”
  • Latin: “Pyrenaeus Atlanticus”
  • Latvian: “Atlantijas Pireneji”
  • Limburgan: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Lithuanian: “Atlanto Pirėnai”
  • Lombard: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Low German: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Luxembourgish: “Departement Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Macedonian: “Атлантски Пиринеи”
  • Malagasy: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Malay: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Marathi: “पिरेने-अतलांतिक”
  • Mazanderani: “پیرنه-آتلانتیک”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Northern Frisian: “Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Northern Sami: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Norwegian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pirenèus Atlantics”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pirenèus-Atlantics”
  • Ossetian: “Атлантикон Пиренейтæ”
  • Pampanga: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Persian: “پیرنه-آتلانتیک”
  • Piemontese: “Dipartiment dij Pirené Atlàntich”
  • Polish: “Pireneje Atlantyckie”
  • Portuguese: “Pirenéus Atlânticos”
  • Portuguese: “Pirineus Atlânticos”
  • Romanian: “departamentul Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Romanian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Russian: “Атлантические Пиренеи”
  • Scots: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Serbian: “Атлантски Пиринеји”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Sinhala: “පිරෙනීස් අට්ලාන්ටික්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Slovenian: “Atlantski Pireneji”
  • Slovenian: “Basses-Pyrénées”
  • Slovenian: “Nizki Pireneji”
  • Slovenian: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Spanish: “Pirineos Atlanticos”
  • Spanish: “Pirineos Atlánticos”
  • Swahili: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Swedish: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Tajik: “Департаменти Пиренеи Атлантикӣ”
  • Tamil: “பெயரெனீஸ் -அட்லான்டியூஸ்”
  • Telugu: “పైరెనీస్-అట్లాంటిక్స్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดปีเรเน-อัตล็องติก”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Turkish: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Ukrainian: “Атлантичні Піренеї”
  • Urdu: “پیرینے-اتلانتیک”
  • Venetian: “Dipartimento dei Pirenei Atlantici”
  • Venetian: “Pirenei Atlànteghi”
  • Vietnamese: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Vlaams: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Welsh: “Pyrénées-Atlantiques”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع پیرینیز اٹلانٹک”
  • Wu Chinese: “大西洋比利牛斯省”
  • Wu Chinese: “比利牛斯-大西洋省”
  • Yue Chinese: “大西洋比利牛斯省”

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