Pyrénées-Atlantiques
French departement in New Aquitaine (formerly Aquitaine)
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Summary
Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department of France[1]. Pyrénées-Atlantiques ranks in the top 7% of department of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,726 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nouvelle-Aquitaine[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Head of government: Jean-Jacques Lasserre[5]
- Capital: Pau[6]
- Shares border with: Gers[7], Hautes-Pyrénées[8], Landes[9], Huesca Province[10], province of Navarra[11], Gipuzkoa[12]
- Named after: Pyrenees[13], Atlantic Ocean[14]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: arrondissement of Bayonne[15], arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie[16], arrondissement of Pau[17]
- Commons category: Pyrénées-Atlantiques[18]
- Said to be the same as: Basses-Pyrénées[19]
- Has part(s): French Basque Country[20], Béarn[21]
- Inception: March 4, 1790[22]
- Highest point: Pic Palas[23]
- Coordinate location: 43.25, -0.8333333333333334[24]
- Official website: https://www.le64.fr/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pyrénées-Atlantiques[26]
- Commons gallery: Pyrénées-Atlantiques[27]
- Population: 656,608[28], 670,032[29], 677,309[30], 679,810[31], 682,621[32], 687,240[33], 693,027[34], 699,473[35], 706,564[36]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Pyrénées-Atlantiques[37]
- Office held by head of government: president of departmental council[38]
- Coordinates of northernmost point: 43.5967976, -0.176583[39]
- Coordinates of southernmost point: 42.7776776, -0.5510835[40]
- Coordinates of easternmost point: 43.3461371, 0.0302752[41]
- Coordinates of westernmost point: 43.37288888888889, -1.791[42]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45]
- Official name: Pyrénées-Atlantiques[46]
Why It Matters
Pyrénées-Atlantiques has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Pyrénées-Atlantiques is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]