Lacommande

Lacommande

Town Hall
Lacommande

Coordinates: 43°16′42″N 0°30′27″W / 43.2783°N 0.5075°W / 43.2783; -0.5075Coordinates: 43°16′42″N 0°30′27″W / 43.2783°N 0.5075°W / 43.2783; -0.5075
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Lasseube
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Monein
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Paul Montaut
Area1 3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 240
 • Density 72/km2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64299 / 64360
Elevation 150–262 m (492–860 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.

Lacommande is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

Géography

Lacommande township is located some 11 km of Pau, 12,3 km of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and 8,8 km of Monein, on GR653, on crossroads of D 146 and D 34.

Hydrography

Rivers Baïse de Lasseube of Bayse flow from south to north and distinct the communes of Lacommande and commune of Aubertin. Its main tributaries flow the Lacommande territory from west to east named Seubemale stream, Brouqua stream, Bernatouse stream and the Coigdarrens stream who delimits the border with Monein.

L'église Saint-Blaise, monument historique
La Commanderie, monument historique


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