Athos-Aspis
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| Commune of Athos-Aspis | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 00° 58' 20" W |
| Latitude | 43° 24' 53" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Aquitaine |
| Département | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Sauveterre-de-Béarn |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Sauveterre-de-Béarn |
| Mayor | Jean-Robert Lataillade (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 33 m–141 m (avg. 80 m) |
| Land area¹ | 6 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
203 |
| - Density (1999) | 34/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64071/ 64390 |
| 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). | |
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Athos-Aspis is a village and commune in the canton of Sauveterre-de-Béarn, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in southwestern France. Originally 2 villages : Athos and Aspis.
Athos is the birthplace of Athos, one of the title characters in the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. The fictional Athos is named after the historical musketeer Armand de Sillègue d'Athos d'Autevielle (1615-1644). Autevielle is another nearby village.
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