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Gurs is a commune in the
Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlanti ...
department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in south-western
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
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History

Gurs was the site of the
Gurs internment camp Gurs internment camp was an internment camp and prisoner of war camp constructed in 1939 in Gurs, a site in southwestern France, not far from Pau. The camp was originally set up by the French government after the fall of Catalonia at the e ...
. Nothing remains of the camp; after
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, a forest was planted on the site where it stood.


Geography

Gurs is located near Pau. Neighboring communes: *
Jasses Jasses (; oc, Jaces) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. Geography Location Jasses sits east of the Gave d'Oloron river. On the opposite side of the river is Sus. See also *Communes of the Pyrénée ...
- northwest * Sus - northwest * Dognen - east * Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu - west *
L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise (; eu, Ospitalepea)OSPITALEPEA
- southwest *
Préchacq-Josbaig Préchacq-Josbaig (; oc, Preishac de Geusvath; eu, Josibaia) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 co ...
- south


See also

* Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department *
Gurs internment camp Gurs internment camp was an internment camp and prisoner of war camp constructed in 1939 in Gurs, a site in southwestern France, not far from Pau. The camp was originally set up by the French government after the fall of Catalonia at the e ...


References

Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{PyrénéesAtlantiques-geo-stub