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arrondissements
An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, and certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands.
Europe
France
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Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon language, Gascon Occitan language, Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; ) is a Departments of France, department located in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest corner of metropolitan ...
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Arrondissement of Bayonne
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Europe
France
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subprefecture
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Albania
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Bayonne
Bayonne () is a city in southwestern France near the France–Spain border, Spanish border. It is a communes of France, commune and one of two subprefectures in France, subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departments of France, departm ...
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communes
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Administrative-territorial entities
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. The population of the arrondissement was 309,392 in 2021.
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Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie
The arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 155 communes. Its population is 71,686 (2021), and its area is .
Composition
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Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Oloron-Sainte-Marie (; ; ) is a commune in the southwestern French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
History
The town was founded by the Romans in the 1st century, then known as ''Illoronensium''. Situated on the Roman way between the ...
) with 155 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 71,686 in 2021.
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Arrondissement of Pau
The arrondissement of Pau (, Occitan: Distrito de Pau ) is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 268 communes. Its population is 311,949 (2021), and its area is .
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prefecture
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of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department:
Pau) with 269 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 311,949 in 2021.
History
In 1800 the arrondissements of Pau, Bayonne, Mauléon, Oloron and Orthez were established. The arrondissements of Mauléon and Orthez were disbanded in 1926.
[Historique des Pyrénées-Atlantiques]
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The borders of the arrondissements of Pyrénées-Atlantiques were modified in January 2017:
References
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