Abitain
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 43°25′16″N 0°59′17″W / 43.421°N 0.988°WCoordinates: 43°25′16″N 0°59′17″W / 43.421°N 0.988°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Orthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel |
| Intercommunality | Sauveterre-de-Béarn |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Marc Seguin |
| Area1 | 6.59 km2 (2.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)2 | 95 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64004 /64390 |
| Elevation | 28–136 m (92–446 ft) (avg. 62 m or 203 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Abitain is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
The inhabitants are known as Abitainois, or Abitaonoises.
Abitain is bordered on the eastern side by the Gave d'Oloron about 20 km southeast of Peyrehorade and 11 km southwest of Salies-de-Béarn. Access to the commune is by road D936 from Escos in the north, passing south down the eastern side of the commune through the village and continuing to Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren in the south.
Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the commune's eastern border is the Gave d'Oloron, which joins the Gave de Pau at Peyrehorade which flows a further 10 km as the Gaves Réunis before joining the Adour river. A number of small streams flow in the commune including Le Crabé which flows into the Gave d'Oloron at the northern border of the commune and the Arrioutèque creek.
The commune's name in Béarnais is Avitenh.
Michel Grosclaude proposed a Latin etymology of Avitus (name of a man called "Avit") plus the Gascon suffix -enh.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
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