Gabaston
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès | |
| Community association | North Est Béarn | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 22 ′ N , 0 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 265-345 m | |
| surface | 12.73 km 2 | |
| Residents | 662 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 52 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64160 | |
| INSEE code | 64227 | |
| Website | http://www.gabaston.fr/ | |
 Gabaston Town Hall (Mairie) |
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Gabaston is a French municipality with 662 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Pau and the canton of Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès (until 2015: Canton Morlaàs ). The inhabitants are called gabastonnais .
geography
Gabaston is located in the historic province of Béarn on the Gabas and Souye rivers . Gabaston is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Laurent-Bretagne in the north and northeast, Sedzère in the east and southeast, Espéchède in the south, Ouillon in the south and southwest, Morlaàs in the west and southwest, Saint-Jammes in the west and Higuères-Souye in the west and Northwest.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| 346 | 342 | 458 | 592 | 602 | 562 | 605 | 611 |
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Attractions
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church from the second half of the 19th century
- Remains of the earlier fortifications from the 11th century
Personalities
- Piers Gaveston (1284–1312), knight and favorite of Edward II , probably born here
Web links
Commons : Gabaston - collection of images, videos and audio files
