Oloron-Sainte-Marie
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Commune of Oloron-Sainte-Marie Sainte-Marie Church in Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
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| Location | |
| Longitude | 0°36'20" W |
| Latitude | 43°11'41" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Région | Aquitaine |
| Département | Pyrénées-Atlantiques (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Piémont Oloronais |
| Mayor | Hervé Lucbereilh (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 194 m–1,280 m (avg. 220 m) |
| Land area¹ | 68.31 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
10,992 |
| - Density (1999) | 161/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64 422/ 64400 |
| 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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Oloron-Sainte-Marie is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in southwestern France.
- Capital of the "Haut Béarn".
- Speciality: "le russe" (a flat cake).
- Flag: two red cows on a yellow background.
[edit] Geography
The Gave d'Oloron is named after the town.
Neighboring communes: Esquiule, Moumour, Ledeuix, Estos, Cardesse, Monein, Goès, Précilhon, Escout, Herrère, Ogeu-les-Bains, Buziet, Arudy, Escot, Asasp-Arros, Lurbe-Saint-Christau, Eysus, Gurmençon, Bidos, Agnos, Ance and Féas.
[edit] Births
Oloron-Sainte-Marie was the birthplace of:
- Louis Barthou (1862–1934), politician of the Third Republic
- Msgr. Jean Laffitte (born 1952), Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Autun
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