Brassempouy

Brassempouy
Brassempouy
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Brassempouy
Coordinates: 43°37′58″N 0°41′37″W / 43.6328°N 0.6936°W / 43.6328; -0.6936Coordinates: 43°37′58″N 0°41′37″W / 43.6328°N 0.6936°W / 43.6328; -0.6936
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Amou
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Guy Duplantier
Area1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population (2013)2	276
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	40054 / 40330
Elevation	35–131 m (115–430 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
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.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Brassempouy is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

The settlement is on the route between Mont-de-Marsan and Orthez.

The village became famous for its two nearby caves, and only 100 metres from each other, were among the first Paleolithic sites to be explored in France. They are known as the Galerie des Hyènes (Gallery of the Hyenas) and the Grotte du Pape (the "Pope's Cave"), in which the Venus of Brassempouy was discovered in 1892, accompanied by eight other human figures, often ignored, and an example of unfinished work, with multiple figures of women being carved at the same time. As a result, the four museums of history were established here.