Ainhoa, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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Commune of Ainhoa Ainhoa
Location
Longitude	1,5° W
Latitude	43,3° N
Administration
Country	France
Région	Aquitaine
Département	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Espelette
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Sud Pays Basque
Mayor	Philippe Aspirot (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	52 m–649 m (avg. 120 m)
Land area¹	16 km²
Population² (1999)	599
- Density (1999)	37/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	64014/ 64250
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).

Ainhoa (Basque: Ainhoa) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in the Aquitaine région, in southwestern France. The village is in the traditional Basque province of Labourd.

The commune is listed amongst the 'Most beautiful villages of France', a title conferred by an independent association which seeks to promote tourist sites in small communes boasting a particularly rich French heritage.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ainhoa

• Ainhoa website
• AINHOA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)

Municipalities in Labourd (Lapurdi)   Official name in French (name in Basque, if different)

Ahetze | Ainhoa | Anglet (Angelu) | Arbonne (Arbona)| Arcangues (Arrangoitze)| Ascain (Azkaine) | Bardos (Bardoze) | Bassussarry (Basusarri) | Bayonne (Baiona) | Biarritz (Miarritze) | Bidart (Bidarte) | Biriatou (Biriatu) | Bonloc (Lekuine) | Boucau (Bokale) | Briscous (Beskoitze) | Cambo-les-Bains (Kanbo) | Ciboure (Ziburu) | Espelette (Ezpeleta) | Guéthary (Getaria) | Guiche (Gixune) | Halsou (Haltsu) | Hasparren (Hazparne) | Hendaye (Hendaia) | Itxassou (Itsasu) | Jatxou (Jatsu) | Lahonce (Lehuntze) | Larressore (Larresoro) | Louhossoa (Luhuso) | Macaye(Makea) | Mendionde (Lekorne) | Mouguerre (Mugerre) | Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Donibane Lohizune) | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle (Senpere) | Saint-Pierre-d'Irube (Hiriburu) | Sare (Sara) | Souraïde (Zuraide) | Urcuit (Urketa) | Urrugne (Urruña) | Urt (Ahurti) | Ustaritz (Uztaritze) | Villefranque (Milafranga)