Urrugne
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne | |
| Canton | Hendaye-Côte Basque-Sud | |
| Community association | Pays Basque | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 22 ′ N , 1 ° 42 ′ W | |
| surface | 50.57 km 2 | |
| Residents | 10,317 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 204 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64122 | |
| INSEE code | 64545 | |
| Website | https://www.urrugne.fr/ | |
 Château d'Urtubie |
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Urrugne ( Basque : Urruña ) is a French commune in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine with 10,317 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017). Urrugne is part of the Bayonne arrondissement and the canton of Hendaye-Côte Basque-Sud (until 2015: canton of Hendaye ). The inhabitants are called Urrugnar .
geography
Urrugne is located in the historical Basque province of Labourd , on the Spanish border south of the municipality and on the Bay of Biscay in the north. Urrugne is surrounded by Ciboure in the northeast, Ascain in the east, Bera behind the Spanish border in the south, Biriatou in the southwest and Hendaye in the west.
The route to Bera leads over the Col d'Ibardin pass road .
The A63 autoroute runs through the municipality from Bordeaux via Bayonne to Donostia-San Sebastián in Spain, as does the former Route nationale 10 .
The municipality includes the hamlets and localities Antziola , Aizburu , Goyeiex , Herbarren , Herburu , Ibildotz , Kexiloa , La Place , Larrun , Legartze , Lezarritz , Manddale , Mendiondo , Mendi Xoko , Olheta , Serres , Subernoua and Unabaita .
Attractions
- Saint-Vincent-de-Xaintes Church, built in the 11th, with significant changes in the 17th century, since 1925 Monument historique
- Saint-François-Xavier and Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur churches
- Chapels du Mont Calvaire and Saint-Michel-Garicoïts
- Château d'Urtubie, built in the 14th, rebuilt in the 16th to 18th centuries, monument historique since 1974
- Villa Mendichka, built in 1911, monument historique since 1993
Personalities
- Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie (1810–1897), explorer
Parish partnership
- Sulzbach am Main , Bavaria, Germany, since 1980
