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Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Also known as Basses-Pyrénées, Atlantic Pyrenees, Lower Pyrenees

Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: Pirenèus Atlantics; ) is a department located in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest corner of metropolitan France. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean, it covers the French Basque Country and the Béarn. It is divided in three arrondissements and its prefecture is Pau. In 2023, it had a population of 706,564.

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Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a French department in southwestern France that takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and Atlantic Ocean, encompassing the French Basque Country and the Béarn region with its administrative center in Pau. With a population of over 706,000 people, it serves as an important geographic and cultural area where the Pyrenees meet the Atlantic coast of France.

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Settlement.name: Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Settlement.native_name_lang: fr
Settlement.type: Department
Settlement.image_skyline: Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (lac), 4.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Lake of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
Settlement.image_flag: Drapeau proposé pour les Pyrenees-atlantiques.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Arms of the French Department of the Pyrénées Atlantiques.svg
Settlement.nickname: 64, P-A
Settlement.image_map: Pyrénées-Atlantiques-Position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name

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History
Geography
Principal towns
Demographics
Economy
Urban areas
Tourism
Transport
Culture
Politics
Departmental politics
National representation
Heraldry
Twinning and cooperation
See also
References
External links

==History== Originally named Basses-Pyrénées, it was one of the 83 departments of France created during the French Revolution, on 4 March 1790. It comprised the territories of Labourd and Soule (in the provinces of Guyenne and Gascony), as well as Lower Navarre (still, at least nominally, part of the Kingdom of Navarre) and the Béarn. It was initially divided in six districts, with the prefecture at Navarrenx, before being moved to Pau on 14 October 1790.