Gurs
Gurs
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Gurs | |
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Commune | |
 The town hall of Gurs | |
Location of Gurs | |
  Gurs Show map of France  Gurs Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Coordinates: 43°17′18″N 0°45′09″W / 43.2883°N 0.7525°W / 43.2883; -0.7525Coordinates: 43°17′18″N 0°45′09″W / 43.2883°N 0.7525°W / 43.2883; -0.7525 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Le Cœur de Béarn |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Navarrenx |
| Government | |
| • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} (2001–2008) | Louis Costemale |
| Area 1 | 10.96 km2 (4.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 423 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64253 /64190 |
| Elevation | 119–254 m (390–833 ft) (avg. 178 m or 584 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. | |
Gurs is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Gurs was the site of the Camp Gurs concentration camp. Nothing remains of the camp; after World War II, a forest was planted on the site where it stood.
Contents
1 Geography
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Geography[edit]
Gurs is located near Pau.
Neighboring communes:
Jasses - northwest
Sus - northwest
Dognen - east
Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu - west
L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise - southwest
Préchacq-Josbaig - south
See also[edit]
- Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
- Gurs internment camp
References[edit]
- INSEE commune file
External links[edit]
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gurs. |
Gurs on the Quid site (in French)
Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department  | |
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