Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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Commune of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Garazi-Baïgorri |
| Mayor | Pierre Gastellou (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 171 m–500 m (avg. 235 m) |
| Land area¹ | 12 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
880 |
| - Density | 76/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 64484/ 64220 |
| 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. | |
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Saint-Jean-le-Vieux (Basque: Donazaharre) is a commune in the traditional Basque province of Basse-Navarre, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, Aquitaine région, south west France.
[edit] History
The town of Saint-Jean-le-Vieux was razed to the ground in 1177 by the troops of Richard the Lionheart after a siege. The Kings of Navarre refounded the town at nearby Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port as the regional capital shortly afterwards. Saint-Jean-le-Vieux was also resettled.
[edit] External links
- DONAZAHARRE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
- Public school (in French)
- Lake of Harrieta (in French)
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