Bayonne
Bayonne (Gascon Baiona; Basque: Baiona; Spanish: Bayona) is a city and commune in southwestern France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a subprefecture.
Bayonne | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
City Hall of Bayonne | |
Coordinates: 43°29′N 1°29′W / 43.49°N 1.48°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Bayonne |
Canton | Chief town of 3 cantons |
Intercommunality | Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-René Etchegaray |
Area 1 | 21.68 km2 (8.37 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | 47,492 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
Demonym | Bayonnais |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64102 /64100 |
Elevation | 0–52 m (0–171 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft) |
Website | www.bayonne.fr |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Geography
changeBayonne has an area of 21.68 km2 (8.37 sq mi) and its average altitude is 28 m (92 ft); at the city hall, the altitude is 4 m (13 ft).[1]
Bayonne is surrounded by the communes Boucau, Tarnos (in the Landes department), Lahonce, Mouguerre, Saint-Pierre-d'Irube, Villefranque, Bassussarry and Anglet.
Population
changeWith a population of 47,492,[2] Bayonne has a population density of 2,191 inhabitants/km2.
The inhabitants of Bayonne are known, in French, as Bayonnais (women: Bayonnaises).[3]
Administration
changeBayonne is a sous-préfecture in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department since 1800. It is also the capital of three cantons.[4]
Gallery
changeTwin towns
changeRelated pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "City of Bayonne". Map-France.com. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "Populations lègales 2013 - 64-Pyrénées-Atlantiques". Populations légales 2013 des départements et des collectivités d'outre-mer (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "Bayonne (64100)" (in French). habitants.fr. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-248 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "Relations Internationales". Ville de Bayonn (in French). Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
Other websites
change- Ville de Bayonne - Official site (in French)
- General Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Archived 2016-11-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Prefecture official website (in French)
- Région Aquitaine Archived 2011-02-23 at the Wayback Machine (in French)