Uzein
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Uzein Usenh |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Lescar, Gave et Terres du Pont-Long | |
| Community association | Pau Bearn Pyrenees | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 24 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W | |
| height | 142-186 m | |
| surface | 16.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,232 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 76 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64230 | |
| INSEE code | 64549 | |
| Website | www.uzein.fr | |
 Town hall ( Mairie ) of Uzein |
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Uzein ( Occitan : Usenh ) is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques with 1,232 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Administratively, it is assigned to the canton of Lescar, Gave et Terres du Pont-Long (until 2015: canton of Lescar ) and the arrondissement of Pau . The inhabitants are called Uzinois .
geography
Uzein is located at the foot of the Pyrenees twelve kilometers north-northwest of Pau in the Béarn wine-growing region . Uzein is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Momas in the north, Aubin in the north and northeast, Caubios-Loos in the northeast, Sauvagnon in the east, Lescar in the south, Poey-de-Lescar in the southwest, Bougarber in the west and Vielle-d'Arthez in the northwest.
The A65 car route runs along the western edge of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 418 | 417 | 409 | 418 | 457 | 444 | 534 | 739 | 818 | 1,148 | 1,297 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Germain-d'Auxerre church from 1855
