Ispoure

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Ispoure
Ispoure
Coordinates: 43°10′19″N 1°13′59″W / 43.1719°N 1.2331°W / 43.1719; -1.2331Coordinates: 43°10′19″N 1°13′59″W / 43.1719°N 1.2331°W / 43.1719; -1.2331
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Garazi-Baïgorri
Government
  Mayor (20082014) François Lambert
Area
  Land1 7.85 km2 (3.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 602
  Population2 Density 77/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64275 / 64220
Elevation 130–660 m (430–2,170 ft)
(avg. 180 m or 590 ft)

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.

Ispoure (Basque: Izpura) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre and historically has a high percentage of inhabitants of Cascarot descent.[1]

See also

References

  1. Alford, Violet (1929) French Basques: Cascarots and Cavalcades. in Music and Letters 10

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