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Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Coat of airms o Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Coat airms
Location o Pyrénées-Atlantiques in Fraunce
Location o Pyrénées-Atlantiques in Fraunce
Coordinates:43°15′N00°50′E/ 43.250°N 0.833°E/43.250; 0.833
KintraFraunce
RegionNew Aquitaine
PrefecturPau
SubprefecturesBayonne
Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Govrenment
Preses o the General CooncilGeorges Labazée
Area
• Total7645 km2(2,952 sq mi)
Population
(2008)
• Total647,420
• Rank37t
• Density85/km2(220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1(CET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+2(CEST)
Depairtment nummer64
Arrondissements3
Cantons52
Communes547
^1French Land Register data, which excludeestuaries,and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2

Pyrénées-Atlantiques(French pronunciation: ​[pi.ʁe.ne.a.tlɑ̃.tik];Gascon:Pirenèus-Atlantics;Basque:Pirinio-Atlantiarrakor [Pirinio-Atlantikoak]error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help);Spaingie:Pirineos Atlánticos) is adepairtmentin the soothwast oFrauncewhich taks its name frae thePyreneesmuntains an theAtlantic Ocean.

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Thecoat o airmso Pyrénées-Atlantiques combines thae o fower tradeetional provinces:

  1. Lawer Navarre
  2. Béarn
  3. Labourd
  4. Soule

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