Rontignon
Rontignon Hrontinhon |
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
Arrondissement | Pau | |
Canton | Ouzom, Gave et Rives du Neez | |
Community association | Pau Bearn Pyrenees | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 16 ′ N , 0 ° 20 ′ W | |
height | 189-384 m | |
surface | 7.06 km 2 | |
Residents | 833 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 118 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 64110 | |
INSEE code | 64467 | |
Website | http://www.rontignon.fr/ |
Rontignon ( Occitan : Hrontinhon ) is a French municipality with 1833 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 Ouzom, Gave et Rives du Neez (until 2015: canton of Pau-Ouest ). The inhabitants are called Rontignonais .
geography
Rontignon is located about five kilometers southeast of Pau in the historic province of Béarn . The Soust River limits the municipality in the southeast. Rontignon is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Aressy in the north, Meillon in the east and northeast, Narcastet in the east and southeast, Bosdarros in the south and southwest, Gelos in the west and southwest and Uzos in the northwest.
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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309 | 377 | 415 | 558 | 627 | 685 | 726 | 798 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre Church, built in 1854
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Béarn wine region .