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Briscous
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Briscous (; ; ) is a town and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd.
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Briscous is a commune in France, situated in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It lies within the arrondissement of Bayonne and the canton of La Bastide-Clairence, in the Labourd area. The commune is part of the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque and falls under the electoral district of the canton of Nive-Adour. Its postal code is 64240.
The area of Briscous is 31.29 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 135 meters. The population is recorded as 2,965, comprising 1,405 males and 1,401 females. The official name is Briscous, with the Basque name Hiribery (Villeneuve). The native label is Beskoitze. The commune shares borders with Urt, Hasparren, Mouguerre, and Urcuit.
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Place details
- Locality
- Briscous
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2,160
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Briscous
- French commune.native name
- Beskoitze
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Briscous Mairie.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The town hall of Briscous
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason fr ville Briscous.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Bayonne
- French commune.canton
- Nive-Adour
- French commune.INSEE
- 64147
- French commune.postal code
- 64240
- French commune.mayor
- Pascal Jocou
- French commune.term
- 2024–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Pays Basque
- French commune.elevation m
- 120
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 135
- French commune.area km2
- 31.29
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
BRISCOUS - Portail officiel de la commune
BRISCOUS, village typique et traditionnel au cœur du Pays Basque proche de l'Espagne ainsi que des côtes basques et landaises à moins d'une heure de Pau.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Hiribery (Villeneuve en basque)
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Bayonne
- Population
- 2965
- Area
- 31.29
- Elevation
- 40
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Urcuit
- Official website
- www.briscous.fr
- Image
- Briscous Mairie.JPG
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- Commons category
- Briscous
- postal code
- 64240
- native label
- Beskoitze
- associated electoral district
- canton of Nive-Adour
- male population
- 1405
- female population
- 1401
- P8168
- Johannes Riemann
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-59-31-70-90
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Population
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Briscous (; ; ) is a town and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd.
==Population==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Briscous” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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