Morlaàs

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Morlaàs
Morlaàs coat of arms
Morlaàs (France)
Morlaàs
region Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès (main town)
Community association North Est Béarn
Coordinates 43 ° 21 ′  N , 0 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 21 ′  N , 0 ° 16 ′  W
height 233-349 m
surface 13.15 km 2
Residents 4,282 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 326 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64160
INSEE code
Website http://www.mairie-morlaas.fr/

Morlaàs is a French municipality with 4282 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). It is the capital of the canton of Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès (until 2015: capital of the canton of Morlaàs ). Nearby places include a. Pau , Mont-de-Marsan , Toulouse and Biarritz . The place is on the river Luy de France . It is also not far from here to the Pyrenees . In the center of the village is the Sainte-Foy church, which dates from the 12th century.

Town twinning

Since 1989 the community has maintained partnerships with Tostedt near Hamburg, Manteigas in Portugal and Uncastillo in Spain.

Web links

Commons : Morlaàs  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Morlaàs website ( Memento of the original dated December 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mairie-morlaas.fr