Briscous

Briscous
Briscous

Coordinates: 43°27′39″N 1°19′57″W / 43.4608°N 1.3325°W / 43.4608; -1.3325Coordinates: 43°27′39″N 1°19′57″W / 43.4608°N 1.3325°W / 43.4608; -1.3325
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton La Bastide-Clairence
Intercommunality Pays d'Hasparren
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Pierre Diratchette
Area1 31.29 km2 (12.08 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 2,614
  Density 84/km2 (220/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64147 / 64240
Elevation 0–135 m (0–443 ft)
(avg. 120 m or 390 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.

Briscous (Basque Beskoitze) is a town in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.

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