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Guiche
Gixune / Guishe | |
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Coordinates: 43°30′46″N 1°12′10″W / 43.5128°N 1.2028°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Bayonne |
Canton | Nive-Adour |
Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Yves Bussiron [1] |
Area 1 | 24.84 km2 (9.59 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 1,033 |
• Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
64250 /64520 |
Elevation | 0–177 m (0–581 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Guiche (French pronunciation: [ɡiʃ]; Basque: Gixune; [3] Occitan: Guishe) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. [4]
The play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand features a character known as the Count de Guiche who depicts Antoine III de Gramont, a real-life French marshal from Guiche.