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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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- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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- fr
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- Department
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- Lake of Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle
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- Drapeau proposé pour les Pyrenees-atlantiques.svg
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- Arms of the French Department of the Pyrénées Atlantiques.svg
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- 64, P-A
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- Location of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France
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- Country
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