Mauléon-Licharre

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Commune of Mauléon-Licharre
Location
Longitude	0,88° W
Latitude	43,23° N
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Mauléon-Licharre (chief town)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Soule-Xiberoa
Mayor	Denis Barbé-Labarthe (2001-2008)
Statistics
Altitude	133 m–521 m (avg. 214 m)
Land area¹	13 km²
Population² (1999)	3,347
- Density (1999)	261/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	64371/ 64130
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

Mauléon-Licharre or simply Mauléon (Basque: Maule-Lextarre) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, in France.

It is the capital of the Soule (Zuberoa) historical French and Basque province.

It is also home to the canvas shoe, the "Espadrilles".

[edit] External link

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

Municipalities in Soule

Ainharbe | Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine | Altzai-Altzabeheti-Zunharreta | Altzürukü | Arrokiaga | Arüe-Ithorrotze-Olhaibi | Atharratze-Sorholüze | Barkoxe | Berrogaine-Lahüntze | Bildoze-Onizepea | Domintxaine-Berroeta | Eskiula | Espeize-Ündüreine | Etxarri | Etxebarre | Gamere-Zihiga | Garindaine | Gotaine-Irabarne | Hauze | Idauze-Mendi | Iruri | Jestaze | Lakarri-Arhane-Sarrikotagaine | Larraine | Lexantzü-Zünharre | Ligi-Atherei | Liginaga-Astüe | Lohitzüne-Oihergi | Maule-Lextarre | Mendikota | Mitikile-Larrori-Mendibile | Montori | Muskildi | Ospitalepea | Ozaraine-Erribareita | Ozaze-Zühara | Pagola | Sarrikotape | Sohüta | Urdatx-Santa-Grazi | Urdiñarbe | Ürrustoi-Larrebille | Zalgize-Doneztebe