Camou-Cihigue
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Commune of Camou-Cihigue |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Tardets-Sorholus |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Soule-Xiberoa |
| Mayor | Jean-Baptiste Aguer (2008-2014) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 208 m–1,009 m (avg. 263 m) |
| Land area¹ | 10.08 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
114 |
| - Density | 11.31/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 64162/ 64470 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Camou-Cihigue (Basque: Gamere-Zihiga) is a village and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of southwestern France.
It is located in the former province of Soule.
[edit] Geography
Neughboring communes:
- Ossas-Suhare, in the north
- Aussurucq, in the north-west
- Alos-Sibas-Abense, in the east
- Alçay-Alçabéhéty-Sunharette, in the south
[edit] History
The commune of Camou-Cihigue was formed in 1836, from the merger of the former commune of Camou Merged and the village of Cihigue.
[edit] External links
- GAMERE-ZIHIGA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (Spanish)
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