Laruns

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Coordinates: 42°58′59″N 0°24′58″W / 42.983, -0.416

Commune of Laruns

The Lacs d'Arrémoulit are located on the territory of the commune of Laruns
Location
Laruns (France)
Laruns
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Laruns (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality none
Mayor André Berdou
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 458 m–2,973 m
(avg. 536 m)
Land area¹ 248.96 km²
Population²
(1999)		 1,425
 - Density 5.72/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 64320/ 64440
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.
France
Street in Laruns
Street in Laruns

Laruns is a Bearnese village and commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of south-western France.

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[edit] Geography

Laruns is the third-largest commune in geographic area in metropolitan France, after Arles and Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

Areas and hamlets in Laruns:[1]

  • Pon, area of Laruns
  • Espalungue, area of Laruns
  • Gêtre, area of Laruns
  • Gabas
  • Geteu, former commune merged into Laruns in 1828
  • Goust
  • Eaux-Chaudes, a spa town
  • Artouste
  • Fabrèges
  • Miegebat

Neighboring communes:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ The villages of the city of Laruns

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