Ayherre

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Ayherre
Aiherra
Ayherre coat of arms
Ayherre (France)
Ayherre
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
Community association Pays Basque
Coordinates 43 ° 24 ′  N , 1 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 24 ′  N , 1 ° 15 ′  W
height 20-465 m
surface 27.65 km 2
Residents 1,042 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 38 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64210
INSEE code
Website http://www.ayherre.fr/

Ayherre Town Hall

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Ayherre ( Basque : Aiherra ) is a French municipality with 2158 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Ayherre is part of the Bayonne arrondissement and the canton of Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre (until 2015: canton of La Bastide-Clairence ). The inhabitants are called Aihertar .

geography

Ayherre is located about 20 kilometers east-southeast of Bayonne on the Aran in the French Basque Country and the historic landscape of Lower Navarre . Ayherre is surrounded by the neighboring communities of La Bastide-Clairence in the north, Orègue in the east and north-east, Isturits in the east and south-east, Saint-Esteben in the south-east, Hélette in the south, Mendionde in the south-west, Bonloc in the west and south-west and Hasparren in the west and north-west .

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
842 810 765 812 791 841 955 987
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Pierre church from the 17th century, monument historique
  • Belzunce castle ruins from the 13th century, rebuilt in the 14th and 16th centuries, in 1450 the Labourd region was given to France by the peace treaty with the English crown, monument historique since 1992

Web links

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