Bassussarry
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Bassussarry Basusarri |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne | |
| Canton | Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle | |
| Community association | Pays Basque | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 27 ′ N , 1 ° 31 ′ W | |
| height | 2-85 m | |
| surface | 6.51 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,126 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 480 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64200 | |
| INSEE code | 64100 | |
| Website | http://www.bassussarry.fr/ | |
 Bassussarry Town Hall |
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Bassussarry ( Basque Basusarri ) is a French municipality with 3,126 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Aquitaine ). Bassussarry belongs to the Arrondissement of Bayonne and the canton of Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle (until 2015 Ustaritz ). The inhabitants are called Basusartar .
geography
Bassussarry is located about five kilometers south-southwest of Bayonne in the French Basque Country on the River Nive . Bassussarry is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Anglet in the north and north-west, Bayonne in the north and north-east, Villefranque in the east and Arcangues in the south and west.
The former route nationale 132 (today's D932) runs through the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 350 | 483 | 715 | 890 | 1,056 | 1,817 | 2,377 | 2,490 |
Attractions
- Saint-Barthélémy church, rebuilt at the end of the 19th century
Personalities
- Dominique Joseph Garat (1749–1833), Minister of Justice, philosopher and writer
- Christophe Hondelatte (* 1962), journalist and writer
