Mauléon-Licharre
| Mauléon-Licharre | |
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Main square, Mauléon | |
![]() Mauléon-Licharre | |
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region ![]() Mauléon-Licharre | |
| Coordinates: 43°13′31″N 0°53′09″W / 43.2253°N 0.8858°WCoordinates: 43°13′31″N 0°53′09″W / 43.2253°N 0.8858°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Mauléon-Licharre |
| Intercommunality | Soule-Xiberoa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Denis Barbé-Labarthe |
| Area1 | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 2,488 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64371 / 64130 |
| Elevation |
133–521 m (436–1,709 ft) (avg. 214 m or 702 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Mauléon-Licharre (Basque: Maule-Lextarre) or simply Mauléon is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
It is the capital of the Soule (Zuberoa) historical Basque province.
It is home to the canvas shoe, the espadrille and etorki cheese.
Demographics
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See also
References
External links
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mauléon-Licharre. |
- MAULE-LEXTARRE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
- Mauleon and the Medieval History of Navarre
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