Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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Pyrénées-Atlantiques (French pronunciation: [pi.ʁe.nez‿at.lɑ̃.tik] ⓘ; Gascon Occitan: Pirenèus Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio Atlantiarrak or Pirinio Atlantikoak) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean, it covers the French Basque Country and the Béarn. Its prefecture is Pau. In 2019, it had a population of 682,621.[3]
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Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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Nickname: 64, P-A | |
Coordinates: 43°15′N 0°50′E | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Prefecture | Pau |
Subprefectures | Bayonne Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
Government | |
• President of the Departmental Council | Jean-Jacques Lasserre[1] (MoDem) |
Area | |
• Total | 7,645 km2 (2,952 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 693,027 |
• Rank | 36th |
• Density | 91/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Department number | 64 |
Arrondissements | 3 |
Cantons | 27 |
Communes | 546 |
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 |
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