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Pau (French pronunciation:, Occitan pronunciation:: Basque: Paue) is a commune overlooking the Pyrenees, and prefecture of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
French portal of the Tunnel du Somport. European route E7 forms part of the international E-road network.It runs between Langon in France and Zaragoza in Spain (the UNECE designate the northern terminus of the E7 as Pau, [1] but current road signage, and other entities such as Google Maps, place the northern terminus of E7 at the A62/A65 interchange near Langon).
The A64 autoroute is a motorway in southwestern France. It is also called the La Pyrénéenne and numbered the European route E80. It is a toll road for part of its length. Aligned East-West, it connects Toulouse to Bayonne via Tarbes and Pau. Its length is approximately 287 km with 2x2 lanes and 2x3 lanes towards Toulouse. It is operated by ASF.
The A65 autoroute is a motorway in south west France. Construction started in 2008 and it was officially opened on 14 December 2010. [1] It connects Langon to Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), with a toll payable of €19.70 for the complete journey by car. Known also as Autoroute de Gascogne, its length is approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi). The ...
The arrondissement of Pau (French: Arrondissement de Pau, Occitan: Distrito de Pau Basque: Paueko barrutia) is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 268 communes. [2] Its population is 311,949 (2021), and its area is 2,548.9 km 2 (984.1 sq mi). [3]
The first theatre in Pau, established shortly after the French Revolution, was in Place Gramont at the corner with Rue de Liège. [2] [3] In the 1830s, after the old theatre became dilapidated, a group of local businessmen decided to commission a new theatre. The site they chose, in Place Royale, had been identified for a new church to replace ...
The 2010 edition of the Tour included the pass on two consecutive stages, crossing westward on the 16th stage to Pau and eastward on the 17th stage with a finish at the summit. At the col is a memorial to Jacques Goddet , director of the Tour de France from 1936 to 1987, and a large statue of Octave Lapize gasping for air as he struggles to ...
The Petit train d'Artouste is a narrow gauge tourist railway situated in the French Pyrenees close to the Spanish border, some 55 km (34.2 mi) south of the town of Pau, and within the commune of Laruns.