Bidache

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Bidache
Bidaxune
Bidache coat of arms
Bidache (France)
Bidache
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
Community association Pays Basque
Coordinates 43 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 29 ′  N , 1 ° 8 ′  W
height 0-162 m
surface 30.43 km 2
Residents 1,370 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 45 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64520
INSEE code 64123
Website bidache2015.wixsite.com/commune-de-bidache

Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur church

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Bidache ( Basque Bidaxune , Gascon Bidaishe ) is a French municipality with 1370 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Bayonne and the canton of Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre (until 2015 canton of Bidache ). The city is located on the Bidouze River at the confluence of its tributary Lihoury .

Neighboring communities

history

Earlier names of the place were Vidaxen (1312) and Vidayxon (1329), Bidaxen (1489). From the end of the 16th century until the Revolution, Bidache was a small principality that called itself sovereign and owned by the Dukes of Gramont . From 1790, Bidache belonged to the canton of the same name, which in turn consisted only of the town and was assigned to the Saint-Palais district .

Population development

  • 1962: 1,113
  • 1968: 1,067
  • 1975: 1.033
  • 1982: 1,015
  • 1990: 1,039
  • 1999: 1,066
  • 2005: 1,167

Attractions

  • Ruins of the Castle of those of Gramont from the 17th century
  • Le Pont de Gramont (17th century)
  • Le Pont Romain or Pont du Moulin (17th century)
  • Houses from the 16th to 18th centuries
  • The neo-Gothic church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur with the crypt as the burial place of the Dukes of Gramont
  • Jewish Cemetery

  • Church interior

  • La Maison Tanneur (Tanner's House)

  • Memorial for the fallen of the two world wars

  • Residential building in the main street

  • Castle ruins of Gramont

  • Castle ruins of Gramont

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Bidache  - collection of images, videos and audio files