Ispoure
| Ispoure | |
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  Ispoure | |
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Location within Aquitaine region  Ispoure | |
| Coordinates: 43°10′19″N 1°13′59″W / 43.1719°N 1.2331°WCoordinates: 43°10′19″N 1°13′59″W / 43.1719°N 1.2331°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Garazi-Baïgorri |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | François Lambert |
| Area1 | 7.85 km2 (3.03 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 602 |
| • 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) |
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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
- ↑ Alford, Violet (1929) French Basques: Cascarots and Cavalcades. in Music and Letters 10
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