Isturits

Isturits Izturitze
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 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

• Saint-Eulalie church
• Isturits cave
• Discus steles
• prehistoric hilltop castle on the Abarratea hill in the southwest of the municipality

Discus stele

Web link

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