Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pirenèus Atlantics (Occitan)
Pirinio Atlantikoak (Basque)
Nickname: 
64, P-A
Location of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France
Coordinates: 43°15′N 0°50′E / 43.250°N 0.833°E / 43.250; 0.833
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
PrefecturePau
SubprefecturesBayonne
Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Government
  President of the Departmental CouncilJean-Jacques Lasserre (MoDem)
Area
  Total
7,645 km2 (2,952 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
  Total
699,473
  Rank36th
  Density91/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
Department number64
Arrondissements3
Cantons27
Communes546
^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2

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.