Ustaritz

This article is about the French municipality. For the Spanish footballer, see Ustaritz Aldekoaotalora.
Ustaritz

The former rue des Magistrats
Ustaritz

Coordinates: 43°24′01″N 1°27′19″W / 43.4003°N 1.4553°W / 43.4003; -1.4553Coordinates: 43°24′01″N 1°27′19″W / 43.4003°N 1.4553°W / 43.4003; -1.4553
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
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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