Salies-de-Béarn
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Commune of Salies-de-Béarn |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Salies-de-Béarn (chef-lieu) |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Salies-de-Béarn |
| Mayor | Lucien Basse-Cathalinat (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 28 m–202 m (avg. 56 m) |
| Land area¹ | 52,08 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4 759 |
| - Density | 91,38/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 64499/ 64270 |
| 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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Salies-de-Béarn is a village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of south-western France. The name comes from its naturally occurring saline water. During the occupation of France by Nazi Germany, Salies was on the border between the occupied zone and the free zone.
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