Macaye

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Commune of Macaye
Location
Longitude	01° 18' 58'' West
Latitude	43° 20' 06'' North
Administration
Country	France
Région	Aquitaine
Département	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Canton of Hasparren
Intercommunality	communauté de communes du Pays d'Hasparren
Mayor	Jean Camblong (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	113 m–892 m (avg. 218 m)
Land area¹	19,75 km²
Population² (1999)	529
- Density (1999)	26,78/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	64364/ 64240
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).

Macaye (Basque: Makea) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in southwestern France.

[edit] Geography

[edit] Bordering commununes

• Hasparren to the north
• Cambo-les-Bains to the north-west
• Mendionde to the east
• Louhossoa to the west
• Bidarray to the south

[edit] External link

• (Spanish) MAKEA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)

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)