Lescun

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Coordinates: 42°56′06″N 0°38′01″W / 42.935, -0.633611111111

Commune of Lescun View of Lescun from Lhers
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Accous
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Aspe
Mayor	François Baye (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	468 m–2,504 m (avg. 900 m)
Land area¹	61 km²
Population² (1999)	203
- Density	3/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	64336/ 64490
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

The village of Lescun is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in southwestern France. It is at approximately 900m altitude in a grand cirque.

Lescun is conveniently situated on the GR 10 long-distance footpath traversing the Pyrenees. Combined with the dramatic scenery of its mountain backdrop, this makes it a popular focus for walkers and climbers.

With its old buildings and narrow streets, Lescun exudes a pleasant old village charm.

[edit] See also

• Another distant picture

[edit] External links

• http://www.balades-pyrenees.com/lescun.htm
• Lescun panorama