Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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| Nickname: 64, P-A | |
Location of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France | |
| Coordinates: 43°15′N 0°50′E / 43.250°N 0.833°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 (2022) | |
• Total | 699,473 |
| • Rank | 36th |
| • Density | 91/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| 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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Pyrénées-Atlantiques (French pronunciation: [pi.ʁe.nez‿at.lɑ̃.tik] ⓘ; Gascon Occitan: Pirenèus Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio Atlantikoak) is a department located in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest corner of metropolitan France. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean, it covers the French Basque Country and the Béarn. It is divided in three arrondissements and its prefecture is Pau. In 2019, it had a population of 682,621.