Ousse

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Ousse
Ossa
Ousse (France)
Ousse
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 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
Website http://www.ousse.fr/

Town hall (Mairie) of Ousse

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
356 406 - - - - 1,367 1,620
Source: Cassini and INSEE

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
Saint-Julien-de-Lescar church

Web links

Commons : Ousse (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files