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Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a border department, has cultivated a number of economic and cultural links with Spain. Two urban concentrations exist in the east and west of the department: Pau, which has 145,000 inhabitants and 344,000 workers in the local area; and Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz which has 166,400 inhabitants and 235,000 workers in the ...
العربية; Aragonés; Azərbaycanca; 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Brezhoneg; Català
The following is a list of the 27 cantons of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: [1] Anglet Artix et Pays de Soubestre
The following is a list of the 545 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): [1] Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées; Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque; Communauté de communes Adour Madiran (partly) Communauté de communes du ...
Its location at the foot of the Pyrenees gives Pau an exceptional panorama of the chain of the Pyrenees, in particular from the Boulevard des Pyrénées which is a long avenue of 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi), facing the Pyrenees mountain range. Pau is the most beautiful view of Earth from the world as Naples is the most beautiful view of sea.
Banca (French pronunciation:; Basque: Banka) [3] is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. [4] It is part of the former province of Lower Navarre.
Ainhoa (French pronunciation:; Basque: Ainhoa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.
In Greek mythology, Pyrene is a princess who gave her name to the Pyrenees. The Greek historian Herodotus says Pyrene is the name of a town in Celtic Europe. [5] According to Silius Italicus, [6] she was the virgin daughter of Bebryx, a king in Mediterranean Gaul by whom the hero Hercules was given hospitality during his quest to steal the cattle of Geryon [7] during his famous Labours.