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Encyclopedia > Aldudes
Commune of Aldudes

The Nive river runs through the town
Location
Longitude 01° 25' 28" W
Latitude 43° 05' 49" N
Administration
Country France
Région Aquitaine
Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry
Intercommunality communauté de communes de Garazi-Baïgorri
Mayor Peio Setoain
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude 345 m–1,000 m
(avg. 485 m)
Land area¹ 23.27 km²
Population²
(1999)
395
 - Density (1999) 16.97/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 64016/ 64430
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).
France

Aldudes (Basque: Aldude) is a small village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France. As of 1999, the population was 395, and has been steadily declining over the years. [1] Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common... Location Administration Capital Bordeaux Regional President Alain Rousset (PS) (since 1998) Départements Dordogne Gironde Landes Lot-et-Garonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques Arrondissements 18 Cantons 235 Communes 2,296 Statistics Land area1 41,309 km² Population (Ranked 6th)  - January 1, 2005 est. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to British counties. ... Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a département in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. ... The 100 French départements are divided into 342 arrondissements. ... The arrondissement of Bayonne is an arrondissement of France, located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, of the Aquitaine région. ... The canton is an administrative division of France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is in modern times the title of the highest ranking municipal officer, who discharges certain judicial and administrative functions, in many systems an elected politician, who serves as chief executive and/or ceremonial official of many types of municipalities. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... INSEE is the French abbreviation for the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques). ... Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. ... Estuaries and coastal waters are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing ecological, economic, cultural, and aesthetic benefits. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Basque (in Basque: Euskara) is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France. ... The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. ... Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Gascon: Pirenèus-Atlantics; Basque: Pirinio-Atlantiarrak or Pirinio-Atlantikoak) is a département in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ...


It is located in the former province of Basse-Navarre. The Kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. ... The Basque Country of France and Spain. ...


External links

  • Aldude in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (website in Spanish)
  • Urtxintxenia, a learning center and hostel in Aldude (website in French)


 
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Coat of Basse-Navarre
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