Ustaritz

Ustaritz

Ustaritz
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Ustaritz
(chef-lieu)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Errobi
Mayor Dominique Lesbats
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 0–143 m (0–469 ft)
(avg. 9 m/30 ft)
Land area1 32.75 km2 (12.64 sq mi)
Population2 5,458  (2006)
 - Density 167 /km2 (430 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64547/ 64480
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ustaritz (Basque Uztaritze) is a village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is located some 13 km inland from Bayonne.

Ustaritz was the location of the assembly of local Basque leaders before the French Revolution.

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