Lescar
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Lescar is a commune in France, situated in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Lescar within the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and the arrondissement of Pau. The town is located near the Gave de Pau river and shares borders with Artiguelouve, Laroin, Lons, and Poey-de-Lescar.
The municipality has an area of 26.5 square kilometers and an elevation of 203 meters above sea level. Its population totals 10,393 residents, comprising 4,829 males and 4,975 females. The postal code for the area is 64230.
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- Locality
- Lescar
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Population
- 9,710
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Lescar
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- CatedralaLescar2.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Cathedral
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Lescar 64.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Pau
- French commune.canton
- Lescar, Gave et Terres du Pont-Long
- French commune.INSEE
- 64335
- French commune.postal code
- 64230
- French commune.mayor
- Valérie Revel
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées
- French commune.elevation m
- 154
- French commune.elevation min m
- 142
- French commune.elevation max m
- 203
- French commune.area km2
- 27
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Lescar
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Pau
- Population
- 9455
- Area
- 26.5
- Elevation
- 175
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Gave de Pau
- Capital of
- canton of Lescar
- Shares border with
- Uzein
- Official website
- www.lescar.fr
- Image
- Cité Lescar 2.JPG
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- Commons category
- Lescar
- topic's main category
- Category:Lescar
- postal code
- 64230
- associated electoral district
- canton of Lescar, Gave et Terres du Pont-Long
- male population
- 4829
- female population
- 4975
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-5-59-81-57-00
- fax number
- +33-5-59-81-57-01
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Population
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
Lescar (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Lescar is the site of the Roman city known variously as Benearnum, Beneharnum or Civitas Benarnensium, the location providing the name for the later region of Béarn.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lescar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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