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Code: 64
Region: Aquitaine
Traditional provinces:
Béarn,
Guyenne-et-Gascogne
Bordering departments: Gers,
Landes,
Hautes-Pyrénées
Bordering country: Spain (Autonomous
Community of Aragon [province of
Huesca], Autonomous Community of
Navarra, and Autonomous Community of
Basque Country [province of
Guipuzcoa])
Area: 7,645 km2
Population (1995): 592,200 inhabitants
Préfecture: Pau
Sous-préfectures: Bayonne, Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Subdivisions: 3 arrondissements, 52 cantons, 539 communes.
The department is named after the Pyrénées
mountains and the Atlantic Ocean
It was formerly named Basses-Pyrénées
(Lower-Pyrénées), and was renamed
Pyrénées-Atlantiqus
(Atlantic-Pyrénées) because Basses was regarded
as derogatory by the inhabitants of the department.