Bayonne | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
Coordinates: 43°29′N 1°29′W / 43.49°N 1.48°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Bayonne |
Canton | Chief town of 3 cantons |
Intercommunality | Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014–2020) | Jean-René Etchegaray |
Area 1 | 21.68 km2 (8.37 sq mi) |
Population (2013) | 47,492 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
Demonym | Bayonnais |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64102 /64100 |
Elevation | 0–52 m (0–171 ft) (avg. 4 m or 13 ft) |
Website | www.bayonne.fr |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bayonne (Gascon Baiona; Basque: Baiona; Spanish: Bayona) is a city and commune in southwestern France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a subprefecture.