Mauléon-Licharre

Coordinates: 43°13′31″N 0°53′09″W / 43.2253°N 0.8858°W / 43.2253; -0.8858
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Mauléon-Licharre
Maule-Lextarre
Main square, Mauléon
Main square, Mauléon
Coat of arms of Mauléon-Licharre
Location of Mauléon-Licharre
Map
Mauléon-Licharre is located in France
Mauléon-Licharre
Mauléon-Licharre
Mauléon-Licharre is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mauléon-Licharre
Mauléon-Licharre
Coordinates: 43°13′31″N 0°53′09″W / 43.2253°N 0.8858°W / 43.2253; -0.8858
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonMontagne Basque
IntercommunalityCA Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Louis Labadot[1]
Area
1
13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
2,954
 • Density230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64371 /64130
Elevation133–521 m (436–1,709 ft)
(avg. 214 m or 702 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mauléon-Licharre (French pronunciation: [moleɔ̃ liʃaʁ]; Basque: Maule-Lextarre, Occitan: Maulion e Lisharra), or simply Mauléon, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.[3]

It is the capital of the Soule (Zuberoa) historical Basque province.

It is home to the canvas shoe, the espadrille and etorki cheese.

Demographics[edit]

Mauléon in 1843 by Eugène de Malbos.
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793862—    
1800985+1.92%
18061,007+0.37%
18211,054+0.30%
18311,145+0.83%
18361,259+1.92%
18411,577+4.61%
18461,654+0.96%
18511,600−0.66%
18561,475−1.61%
18611,708+2.98%
18661,876+1.89%
18721,743−1.22%
18762,108+4.87%
18812,409+2.71%
18862,251−1.35%
18912,575+2.73%
18962,651+0.58%
19013,368+4.90%
YearPop.±% p.a.
19064,045+3.73%
19114,827+3.60%
19214,220−1.33%
19264,316+0.45%
19314,069−1.17%
19364,193+0.60%
19464,567+0.86%
19544,619+0.14%
19624,679+0.16%
19684,500−0.65%
19754,239−0.85%
19824,099−0.48%
19903,533−1.84%
19993,347−0.60%
20073,228−0.45%
20123,145−0.52%
20172,954−1.25%
20182,950−0.14%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mauléon-Licharre, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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