Orthez

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Orthez
Commune
Bridge over the Gave de Pau
Coat of arms
Location of Orthez
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Coordinates: 43°29′N 0°46′W / 43.49°N 0.77°W / 43.49; -0.77
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Orthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel
Intercommunality	Lacq-Orthez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Hanon[1]
Area 1	45.86 km2 (17.71 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	10,684
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64430 /64300
Elevation	38–185 m (125–607 ft) (avg. 62 m or 203 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Orthez (French pronunciation: [ɔʁtɛs]; Basque: Ortheze; Occitan: Ortès, pronounced [urˈtɛs]) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, and region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.^[3]

It lies 40 km NW of Pau on the Southern railway to Bayonne. The town also encompasses the small village of Sainte-Suzanne, an independent commune until 1973;^[4][5] residents of the town are called either Orthéziens or Sainte-Suzannais.