Ousse
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Ousse Ossa |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès | |
| Community association | Pau Bearn Pyrenees | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 17 ′ N , 0 ° 16 ′ W | |
| height | 223-334 m | |
| surface | 4.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,661 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 372 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64320 | |
| INSEE code | 64439 | |
| Website | http://www.ousse.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Ousse |
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Ousse ( Occitan : Ossa ) is a French municipality with 1661 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Pau and the canton of Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès (until 2015: Canton Pau-Est ). The inhabitants are called Oussois .
geography
Ousse is located in the historic province of Béarn on the river Ousse . Ousse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sendets in the north, Artigueloutan in the east and south-east, Bordes in the south and south-east, Assat in the south and Lée in the west and north-west.
The former route nationale 117 (today's D817) runs through the municipality .
history
Between 1973 and 1989, today's municipality was part of the Idron-Lée-Ousse-Sendets municipality and from 1989 to 2000 the Idron-Ousse-Sendets municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 356 | 406 | - | - | - | - | 1,367 | 1,620 |
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Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the Spanish municipality of Alfajarín in the province of Saragossa (Aragon) since 1994 .
Attractions
- Saint-Julien-de-Lescar church
