Guiche, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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Guiche
Gixune / Guishe | |
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 The chateau of Guiche, seat of the Dukes of Gramont | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Guiche  | |
  Guiche  Guiche | |
| Coordinates: 43°30′46″N 1°12′10″W / 43.5128°N 1.2028°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Nive-Adour |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Yves Bussiron[1] |
| Area 1 | 24.84 km2 (9.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,033 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64250 /64520 |
| Elevation | 0–177 m (0–581 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Guiche (French pronunciation: [ɡiʃ]; Basque: Gixune;[3] Occitan: Guishe) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.[4]
Popular culture
[edit]The play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand features a character known as the Count de Guiche who depicts Antoine III de Gramont, a real-life French marshal from Guiche.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ GIXUNE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
- ^ INSEE commune file
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