Mauléon-Licharre

Mauléon-Licharre
Maule-Lextarre
Main square, Mauléon
Location of Mauléon-Licharre
Mauléon-Licharre
Mauléon-Licharre
Coordinates: 43°13′31″N 0°53′09″W / 43.2253°N 0.8858°W / 43.2253; -0.8858
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonMontagne Basque
IntercommunalityCA Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Louis Labadot[1]
Area
1
13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
2,975
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64371 /64130
Elevation133–521 m (436–1,709 ft)
(avg. 214 m or 702 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mauléon-Licharre (French pronunciation: [moleɔ̃ liʃaʁ]; Basque: Maule-Lextarre, Occitan: Maulion e Lisharra), or simply Mauléon, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.[3]

It is the capital of the Soule (Zuberoa) historical Basque province.

It is home to the canvas shoe, the espadrille and etorki cheese.

Demographics

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References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mauléon-Licharre, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE