Briscous
| Briscous | |
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  Briscous | |
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Briscous | |
| Coordinates: 43°27′39″N 1°19′57″W / 43.4608°N 1.3325°WCoordinates: 43°27′39″N 1°19′57″W / 43.4608°N 1.3325°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | La Bastide-Clairence |
| Intercommunality | Pays d'Hasparren |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Pierre Diratchette |
| Area1 | 31.29 km2 (12.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)2 | 2,614 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64147 / 64240 |
| Elevation |
0–135 m (0–443 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft) |
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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. | |
Briscous (Basque Beskoitze) is a town in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
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- BESKOITZE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
Municipalities in Labourd (Lapurdi) | ||
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