Bidache

Bidache
Bidaxune
The château of Bidache
The château of Bidache
Coat of arms of Bidache
Location of Bidache
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Bidache is located in France
Bidache
Bidache
Bidache is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Bidache
Bidache
Coordinates: 43°29′03″N 1°08′24″W / 43.4842°N 1.140000°W / 43.4842; -1.140000
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementBayonne
CantonPays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
IntercommunalityCA Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-François Lasserre[1]
Area
1
30.43 km2 (11.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,347
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64123 /64520
Elevation0–162 m (0–531 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bidache (French pronunciation: [bydaʃ]; Occitan: Bidaishe; Basque: Bidaxune)[3] is a town and commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of south western France. Between 1570 and 1793 it was the centre of the sovereign Principality of Bidache.

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ BIDAXUNE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)