Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (French pronunciation: [piʁene atlɑ̃tik] ⓘ; Gascon Occitan: Pirenèus Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio Atlantiarrak or Pirinio Atlantikoak) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean, it covers the French Basque Country and the Béarn. Its prefecture is Pau. In 2019, it had a population of 682,621.
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: 64, P-A | |
Location of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France | |
| Coordinates: 43°15′N 0°50′E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Prefecture | Pau |
| Subprefectures | Bayonne Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Jean-Jacques Lasserre (MoDem) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,645 km2 (2,952 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 693,027 |
| • Rank | 36th |
| • Density | 91/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 64 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 27 |
| Communes | 546 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
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