Ustaritz
Uztaritze | |
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Coordinates: 43°24′01″N 1°27′19″W / 43.4003°N 1.4553°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Bayonne |
Canton | Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle |
Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bruno Carrere[1] |
Area 1 | 32.75 km2 (12.64 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 7,476 |
• Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
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. |
Ustaritz (French pronunciation: [ystaʁits]; Basque: Uztaritze) is a town in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, southwestern France. It is located on the river Nive some 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) inland from Bayonne. Ustaritz station has rail connections to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Cambo-les-Bains and Bayonne.
Ustaritz was the location of the assembly of local Basque leaders before the French Revolution. The 19th-century French playwright and historian Jean-Joseph Ader (1796–1859) was born in Ustaritz.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,477 | — |
1975 | 2,841 | +1.98% |
1982 | 3,353 | +2.40% |
1990 | 4,263 | +3.05% |
1999 | 4,984 | +1.75% |
2007 | 5,517 | +1.28% |
2012 | 6,294 | +2.67% |
2017 | 6,822 | +1.62% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
[edit]- UZTARITZE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Information available in Spanish