Lescun

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Lescun
Lescun (France)
Lescun
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1
Community association Haut Bearn
Coordinates 42 ° 56 ′  N , 0 ° 38 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 56 ′  N , 0 ° 38 ′  W
height 468-2,405 m
surface 60.66 km 2
Residents 172 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 3 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64490
INSEE code

Vallée d'Aspe near Lescun

Lescun is a French municipality with 172 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and there in the canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 (until 2015: canton of Accous ).

geography

Lescun is located south of Bedous in a side valley of the Vallée d'Aspe .

Lescun is a mountain village that is inhabited all year round. With the west in the Cirque du Lescun located Pic d'Anie (2,504 m), the area begins high Pyrenees and the Parc National des Pyrénées .

Cirque de Lescun from the Massif de Sesques
From left: needles and pic from Ansabère, table and pic des Trois Rois , pic d'Anie

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