Guiche
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Guiche Gixune |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne | |
| Canton | Nive-Adour | |
| Community association | Pays Basque | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 31 ′ N , 1 ° 12 ′ W | |
| height | 0-177 m | |
| surface | 24.85 km 2 | |
| Residents | 970 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 39 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64520 | |
| INSEE code | 64250 | |
| Website | www.mairie-guiche.fr | |
 View of Guiche Castle |
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Guiche ( Gascon Guíshen , Basque Gixune ) is a French municipality with 970 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 Nive-Adour (until 2015: canton of Bidache ). The inhabitants are called Guishot (or Gixundar ) (depending on the language) .
Guiche is part of the Basque province of Labourd . Districts are: Arancette, la Bourgade, Chuhenne, Garat, Grand-Borde, Marchand and Saint-Martin. Neighboring municipalities are: Sainte-Marie-de-Gosse and Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse in the north, Bidache in the east, Sames in the northeast, Bardos and Urt in the south.
history
The place name Guiche occurs in the past as: Villa Guissen (12th century), Sanctus Joannes de Guiche (1687).
The county of Guiche was owned by the Dukes of Gramont .
Population development
- 1962: 750
- 1968: 684
- 1975: 638
- 1982: 638
- 1990: 670
- 1999: 730
- 2006: 847
- 2013: 949
Attractions
- Guiche Castle , seat of the Dukes of Gramont
- Ancienne Maison Noble de Labadie (16th century)
- Farm in Grand-Borde (17th century)
- Le Marchand house (17th century)
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste church, (13th century)
