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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 43°14′34″N 1°17′01″W / 43.2428°N 1.2836°WCoordinates: 43°14′34″N 1°17′01″W / 43.2428°N 1.2836°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne | |
| Canton | Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry | |
| Intercommunality | Garazi-Baïgorri | |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Martin Elgue | |
| Area1 | 42 km2 (16 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 804 | |
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64436 /64780 | |
| Elevation | 101–892 m (331–2,927 ft) (avg. 282 m or 925 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.
Ossès (Basque: Ortzaize) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Ossès lies in the traditional Basque province of Lower Navarre.
Ossès is located 13 kilometres (8 mi) north-west of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, in the foothills of the Pyrenees. It is surrounded by low hills in the Ossès valley, a part of the valley of the river Nive, home of the pottok, the wild Basque horse. The surrounding countryside is considered very beautiful, with several trails, long-distance walks and picnic sites. The air was described as coming 'straight from heaven' by a local poet.
The village was under the authority of the Dukes of Gascogne, then of Aquitaine, but was passed to the Kingdom of Navarre with the marriage of Princess Berengaria of Navarre, daughter of King Sancho the Wise, to Richard the Lionheart in 1191.
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