Eaux-Bonnes | |
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Coordinates: 42°58′26″N 0°23′27″W / 42.9739°N 0.3908°WCoordinates: 42°58′26″N 0°23′27″W / 42.9739°N 0.3908°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
Canton | Laruns |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Ossau |
Government | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Louis Carrère-Gée |
Area1 | 38.52 km2 (14.87 sq mi) |
Population (2006)2 | 426 |
• Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64204 /64440 |
Elevation | 520–2,619 m (1,706–8,593 ft) (avg. 750 m or 2,460 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.
Eaux-Bonnes (French: [o bɔn], "good waters"; Occitan: Aigas Bonas) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. The historian Auguste Lorieux (1796–1842) died in Eaux-Bonnes.
Nearby is the impressive villa Cockade, the construction of which is detailed in Dornford Yates's novel The House That Berry Built.
Gourette is a winter sports resort located in the commune on the high mountain pass Col d'Aubisque.