Boucau
Boucau Bokale |
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
Arrondissement | Bayonne | |
Canton | Bayonne-2 | |
Community association | Pays Basque | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 31 ′ N , 1 ° 29 ′ W | |
height | 0-51 m | |
surface | 5.82 km 2 | |
Residents | 8,350 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 1,435 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 64340 | |
INSEE code | 64140 | |
Website | www.boucau.fr | |
Boucau train station |
Boucau is a French municipality with 8350 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Arrondissement Bayonne in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . She was according to the decree of Napoleon III. Founded three years after the arrival of the railway in Bayonne on September 14, 1857. The name Boucau comes from the Gasconian boucaou ('small mouth') and describes the confluence of the Adour into the Atlantic .
partnership
A town partnership with Montilla in Spain has existed since 1979 .
Web links
Commons : Boucau - collection of images, videos and audio files