Basque Municipal Community
| Communauté Pays Basque / Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| No. of communes | 158 |
| Established | 2017 |
| Seat | Bayonne |
| Government | |
| • President | Jean-René Etchegaray |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,967 km2 (1,146 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 309,723 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Budget | 200,000,000 € |
| Website | Communauté Pays Basque |
The Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque (Basque: Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa), is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Bayonne and Biarritz. It is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwestern France. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former communauté de l'agglomération Côte Basque-Adour, communauté de l'agglomération Sud Pays Basque and eight communautés de communes. Its population was 309,723 in 2014, of which 49,550 in Bayonne and 25,480 in Biarritz.
The Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque consists of the following 158 communes:
Coordinates: 43°18′N 1°13′W / 43.300°N 1.217°W
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