Boucau (; ;BOKALE
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department and

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of south-western

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Labourd Labourd (; ; ; ) is a former French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées Atlantiques '' département'' of Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is one of the traditional Basque provinces, and identified as one of the territorial component pa ...

Geography

Boucau is a part of

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. It borders the Landes department. Boucau is within the Bayonne-Biarritz conurbation, and within the Bayonne urban unit. It covers an area of 5.4 km² and had a population of 8,200 at the 2016 Census. The density is 1,337 people per square kilometre. The population has grown by 11% since 1999. Surrounded by

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 ...

Anglet Anglet (; , )ANGELU
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and

Tarnos Tarnos (; ; ) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Geography Tarnos is in the far southwest corner of the department, 5 km north of Bayonne. Population See also *Communes of the Landes de ...

, Boucau is 4 km north-west of Bayonne, the largest city of the surrounding region. The city sits 11 metres above sea level, and the

Adour The Adour (; ; ) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High- Bigorre ( Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean ( Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. is known as the ' ...

river runs through the town. Boucau station has rail connections to Hendaye, Bayonne and Bordeaux.

Hydrography

The Adour flows through Boucau before flowing into the

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with Tarnos (Landes) on the left bank and Anglet (Pyrenées-Atlantique) on the right. One of the rivers that flows into the Adour, the stream of the Esbouc Mill, runs through Boucau.

Neighbourhoods

Boucau is divided into nine neighbourhoods. These are: * ''Montespan'' in the north * ''Matignon'' in the north * ''Beyré'' in the north * ''Barthassot'' in the north * ''Lahillade'' in the centre * ''Romatet'' in the centre * ''Picquessary'' in the centre * ''Loustau'' in the south * ''Saint-Gobain'' in the south

Population

References

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