Communauté Pays Basque / Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
No. of communes | 158 |
Established | 2017 |
Seat | Bayonne (Baiona) |
Government | |
• President | Jean-René Etchegaray |
Area | 2,968 km2 (1,146 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | 312,278 |
• Density | 105/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Website | Communauté Pays Basque |
The communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque ( Basque: Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa, " agglomeration community of the Basque Country"), [1] is the agglomeration community (federation of communes), centred on the cities of Bayonne and Biarritz. Also referred to as the French Basque Country, or Northern Basque Country ( Basque: Iparralde ( lit. 'the Northern Region'), French: Pays basque, Spanish: País Vasco francés), it is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwestern France.
It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former communauté de l'agglomération Côte Basque-Adour, communauté de l'agglomération Sud Pays Basque and eight communautés de communes. [2] Its area is 2968 km2. Its population was 312,278 in 2018, including 51,411 in Bayonne and 25,532 in Biarritz. [3]
The Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque consists of the following 158 communes: [2] [4] [5]
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