Bayonne

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Bayonne

Total population

52,749

Elevation0 m

Land area21.68 km²

WeatherAvg high 65.8°F

Coordinates43.49°, -1.47°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bayonne is a city in southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region also known as French Basque Country.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

D

Dominique Arnaud

French cyclist (1955–2016)

B

Bernard Béreau

French association football player (1940-2005)

Clément Duhour

French athlete

Noël Vandernotte

French rower

G

Guy Dolhats

French bicycle racer

J

Jacques Pilhan

Jean Duhau

French rugby union footballer, and rugby league footballer and coach (1906-1973)

Jean Larribau

French rugby union player (1889–1916)

Jean Saint-Pierre

Basque writer (1884–1951)

L

Lucien Pariès

French rugby union player (1947–1998)

L

Léon Lafourcade

French politician (1898-1978)

P

Pierre Baldi

French painter (1919–2022)

P

Pierre Carbonnel

French painter (1925–2011)

R

Raoul Sangla

French journalist, film director and screenwriter (1930-2021)

R

René Delzangles

French politician (1899–1979)

Édouard Duhour

Olympic athlete (1905–1969)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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