Pau (Municipality, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France)

Last modified: 2004-10-09 by ivan sache
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• Presentation of Pau
• Flag of Pau
  • Alternative flag of Pau
• Coat of arms of Pau
• Sports club in Pau
  • Elan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (basket-ball)
  • Section Paloise (rugby-club)

See also:

• France
• Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Department, France)

Presentation of Pau

The city of Pau (85,000 inhabitants, called Palois, 140,000 including the outskirts) is the préfecture of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the capital city of the traditional province of Béarn.

Pau was originally a fortified post built on the steep right bank of the river Gave de Pau. The word gave, from the ancient local word gabe, has been used since the