Isturits
Isturits Izturitze |
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
Arrondissement | Bayonne | |
Canton | Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre | |
Community association | Pays Basque | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 22 ′ N , 1 ° 12 ′ W | |
height | 58-345 m | |
surface | 13.6 km 2 | |
Residents | 518 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 38 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 64240 | |
INSEE code | 64277 | |
Website | http://www.isturitz.fr/ | |
Isturits Town Hall |
Isturits ( Basque : Izturitze ) is a French municipality with 518 inhabitants (as of 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 La Bastide-Clairence ). The inhabitants are called (Basque) Izturiar .
geography
The municipality is located in the French Basque Country on the Arbéroue River . Isturits is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ayherre in the north and west, Orègue in the east and northeast, Saint-Martin-d'Arberoue in the south and southeast and Saint-Esteben in the south and southwest.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
Residents | 288 | 262 | 303 | 321 | 330 | 364 | 388 | 467 |
Attractions
- Saint-Eulalie church
- Isturits cave
- Discus steles
- prehistoric hilltop castle on the Abarratea hill in the southwest of the municipality
Web link
Commons : Isturits - collection of images, videos and audio files