Larressore

Larressore Larresoro
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Baïgura et Mondarrain
Community association	Pays Basque
Coordinates	43 ° 22 ′  N , 1 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 22 ′  N , 1 ° 26 ′  W
height	5–125 m
surface	10.76 km 2
Residents	2,053 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	191 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	64480
INSEE code	64317
Website	http://www.larressore.org/
Larressore Town Hall

Larressore is a French commune with 2,053 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Larressore belongs to the Arrondissement of Bayonne and the canton of Baïgura et Mondarrain (until 2015: canton of Ustaritz ). The inhabitants are called Larresoroar .

geography

Larressore is located about 13 kilometers south-southeast of Bayonne on the Nive in the French Basque Country and the historic Labourd landscape . Larressore is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Ustaritz in the north and northwest, Jatxou in the north and northeast, Halsou in the east and northeast, Cambo-les-Bains in the east, Itxassou in the south and southeast and Espelette in the south and west.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
670	782	940	1,057	1,148	1,320	1,428	1,694
Source: Cassini and INSEE

economy

The place is one of the ten municipalities that are allowed to grow and sell the Basque pepper Piment d'Espelette under the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) designation of origin.

Attractions

• Old seminary, founded in 1733, Monument historique , restored from 2008 to 2010
• Saint-Martin church from 1893
• numerous Basque houses from the 17th and 18th centuries

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  Saint Martin Church

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  typical Basque house

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Actimage: Fiche produit. In: www.inao.gouv.fr. Retrieved April 1, 2016 .