# Arcangues

> commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

**Wikidata**: [Q197339](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q197339)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcangues)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/arcangues

## Summary
Arcangues is a commune (municipality) in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of France. It lies in the historical Basque province of Labourd and is administratively part of the arrondissement of Bayonne.

## Key Facts
- Arcangues is a commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.  
- Coordinates: latitude 43.436666666667, longitude -1.5208333333333.  
- Official website: http://www.arcangues.fr.  
- Population values recorded in source data: 3,141; 3,145; 3,225; 3,160; 3,188; 3,195; 3,326; 3,457; 3,588; 3,657.  
- Administrative arrondissement: Bayonne (arrondissement of Bayonne).  
- Department: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the region New Aquitaine (Pyrénées-Atlantiques inception: 1790-03-04).  
- Historical province: Labourd (Arcangues is located in Labourd).  
- Former canton affiliation: canton of Ustaritz (Arcangues belonged to the canton of Ustaritz until March 2015).  
- Intercommunality: Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque (French intercommunality; inception 2017-01-01; headquarters: ; industry: ).  
- Entity type: commune of France (France’s communal subdivision; inception for communes: 1789).  
- Wikidata/wikipedia identifiers from source: wikipedia_title: Arcangues; wikidata_description: "commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France"; sitelink_count: 45.

## FAQs
Q: What is Arcangues?  
A: Arcangues is a French commune (municipality) located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and situated in the historical Basque province of Labourd.

Q: Where is Arcangues located administratively?  
A: Administratively Arcangues is in the arrondissement of Bayonne within the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the New Aquitaine region of France.

Q: Which intercommunal structure is Arcangues part of?  
A: Arcangues is a member of the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque, an intercommunality established on 2017-01-01 (headquarters: ; industry: ).

Q: Was Arcangues part of a canton?  
A: Yes. Arcangues was part of the canton of Ustaritz until March 2015.

Q: What are the geographic coordinates of Arcangues?  
A: The commune’s coordinates are 43.436666666667° N latitude and -1.5208333333333° E longitude.

Q: How large is the population of Arcangues?  
A: Source population records for Arcangues list the following values across different counts: 3,141; 3,145; 3,225; 3,160; 3,188; 3,195; 3,326; 3,457; 3,588; 3,657.

Q: Where can I find more official information about Arcangues?  
A: The official municipal website is http://www.arcangues.fr, and the Wikipedia article title for the commune is "Arcangues" (sourcelink count: 45).

## Why It Matters
Arcangues matters as a local municipal unit within the French administrative system and as a community within the Basque cultural area of Labourd. As a commune it performs municipal governance functions for residents and participates in intercommunal cooperation through the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque, which coordinates services and development across Basque-influenced municipalities since 2017. The commune’s administrative links—to the arrondissement of Bayonne, to the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, and historically to the canton of Ustaritz—define its public-services, electoral, and planning relationships. Demographic figures show the scale of the local population and support municipal planning and local cultural identity in a region where Basque heritage is significant.

## Notable For
- Being a commune located in the historical Basque province of Labourd.  
- Membership in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque, an intercommunality founded on 2017-01-01.  
- Former administrative alignment with the canton of Ustaritz until the canton reorganization in March 2015.  
- Placement in the arrondissement of Bayonne within Pyrénées-Atlantiques.  
- A documented sequence of population counts ranging from about 3,141 up to 3,657 in the provided dataset.

## Body

### Overview
Arcangues is an officially recognized commune (municipal entity) in France. The source describes it with the wikidata_description "commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France" and lists its Wikipedia title as "Arcangues." The source records a sitelink_count of 45 for the entity.

### Location and Administrative status
- Country: France.  
- Region/Department: Arcangues is in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, which the source locates in the New Aquitaine region; Pyrénées-Atlantiques has an inception date recorded as 1790-03-04 in the source.  
- Arrondissement: Bayonne (Arcangues is part of the arrondissement of Bayonne).  
- Canton: The commune belonged to the canton of Ustaritz until March 2015.  
- Commune status: Arcangues is a member of France’s communal tier of local government; the source notes the general inception of the commune system as 1789.  
- Intercommunality: Arcangues is part of the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque, an intercommunal structure specified with inception date 2017-01-01, headquarters identifier , and industry identifier  in the provided data.

### Historical and Cultural Context
- Historical province: Arcangues lies in Labourd, a historical province of the French Basque Country. The source lists Labourd both under locations associated with Arcangues and under "Contains / Subsidiaries" in the provided material; the relationship in the source links Arcangues and the historical province Labourd.  
- Canton reorganization: The source records that Arcangues was part of the canton of Ustaritz until March 2015, indicating an administrative change at that date.

### Demographics
- Population records provided in the source are: 3,141; 3,145; 3,225; 3,160; 3,188; 3,195; 3,326; 3,457; 3,588; 3,657. These values represent the set of population data points included in the supplied material.

### Geography and Coordinates
- Latitude and longitude are recorded as 43.436666666667 and -1.5208333333333 respectively.  
- The commune’s location ties it to the broader Basque geographic and cultural region through the province of Labourd and to the administrative geography of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the Bayonne arrondissement.

### Governance and Relations
- Arcangues functions as a commune under French law and municipal governance structures.  
- It participates in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque for inter-municipal cooperation (inception 2017-01-01; headquarters ; industry ).  
- Before March 2015 Arcangues’s canton-level representation and administration was via the canton of Ustaritz.

### Related Entities and Administrative Hierarchy
- Country: France — Arcangues is located within France. The source provides an extended summary of France’s national context.  
- Department: Pyrénées-Atlantiques — the departmental level containing Arcangues.  
- Arrondissement: Bayonne — the arrondissement level for Arcangues.  
- Historical province: Labourd — the cultural-historical territory associated with Arcangues.  
- Commune class: commune of France — Arcangues is an instance of this France territorial subdivision (communes inception: 1789).  
- Intercommunality: Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque — Arcangues’s inter-municipal organization since 2017-01-01.

### Identifiers and Web Presence
- Official municipal website: http://www.arcangues.fr.  
- Wikipedia title: Arcangues.  
- Wikidata description (as provided): "commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France."  
- Sitelink count reported in the source: 45.  
- Population dataset: the list of ten numerical population values included above.  
- Coordinates repeated: 43.436666666667 N, -1.5208333333333 E.

### Source Annotations and Data Points
- The source explicitly notes: canton of Ustaritz (canton of France, until March 2015).  
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques is described as a French department in New Aquitaine (formerly Aquitaine), with inception date +1790-03-04T00:00:00Z.  
- The Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque entry in the source includes inception +2017-01-01T00:00:00Z and the identifiers headquarters:  and industry: .  
- The historical province Labourd is included as a linked entity (country:  in the source metadata).

### Contains / Subsidiaries (as listed in source)
- Labourd is listed under the source’s "Contains / Subsidiaries" section. The provided material also lists Labourd under locations with which Arcangues is associated.

### Final Notes
All statements in this entry are drawn directly from the supplied source material. No facts, dates, relationships, or numeric values have been added beyond those provided.

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1. [Source](https://www.sudouest.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques/arcangues/jean-michel-colo-passe-la-main-8259420.php)
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12. Populations légales 2017
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15. Populations légales 2020
16. Populations légales 2021
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