Ustaritz
This article is about the French municipality. For the Spanish footballer, see Ustaritz Aldekoaotalora.
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Location within Aquitaine region Ustaritz | |
Coordinates: 43°24′01″N 1°27′19″W / 43.4003°N 1.4553°WCoordinates: 43°24′01″N 1°27′19″W / 43.4003°N 1.4553°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Bayonne |
Canton |
Ustaritz (chef-lieu) |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Errobi |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Bruno Carrère |
Area1 | 32.75 km2 (12.64 sq mi) |
Population (2012)2 | 6,294 |
• Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64547 / 64480 |
Elevation |
0–143 m (0–469 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 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. |
Ustaritz (Basque: Uztaritze) is a town in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is located on the river Nive some 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) inland from Bayonne.
Ustaritz was the location of the assembly of local Basque leaders before the French Revolution.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ustaritz. |
- UZTARITZE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Information available in Spanish
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