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The Ossau Valley (French: ''Vallée d'Ossau''; Gascon: ''Aussau'' / ''la vath d'Aussau'') is a valley of the French
The Ossau Valley (French: ''Vallée d'Ossau''; Gascon: ''Aussau'' / ''la vath d'Aussau'') is a valley of the French Pyrénées
The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...
, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlant ...
''département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety ...
''.
Administration
18communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...
belong to the Valley: Arudy
Arudy (; Gascon: Arudi) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arudyens'' or ''Arudyennes''.
The commune has been awarded o ...
, Aste-Béon
Aste-Béon (; oc, Asta e Bion) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Astois et Béonais'' or ''Astoises et Béonaises''.
Ge ...
, Béost, Bescat, Bielle, Bilhères, Buzy, Castet
Castet is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
See also
* Lac de Castet
* Ossau Valley
* Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrén ...
, Eaux-Bonnes
Eaux-Bonnes (, "good waters"; oc, Aigas Bonas) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Description
Eaux-Bonnes is close to the small town of Laruns. It is situated at a height of at the entrance of a ...
, Gère-Bélesten
Gère-Bélesten is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
See also
* Ossau Valley
* Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlant ...
, Izeste
Izeste (; oc, Isesta) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Isestois''.
Notable people
* Théophile de Bordeu (born in Izeste in 1722; died in ...
, Laruns
Laruns (; oc, Laruntz) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
It is situated at the confluence of two mountain streams, the Gave d'Ossau and its tributary, the Valentin.
Formerly part of the provi ...
, Louvie-Juzon
Louvie-Juzon (; oc, Lobier de Baish) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
See also
* Ossau Valley
*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
The following is a list of the ...
, Louvie-Soubiron
Louvie-Soubiron (; Lobièr sobiran or ''Lobièr de Haut'' in occitan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
See also
* Ossau Valley
*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
The following is ...
, Lys, Rébénacq, Sainte-Colome
Sainte-Colome (; oc, Senta Coloma) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
See also
* Ossau Valley
*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
The following is a list of the 546 communes of ...
and Sévignacq-Meyracq
Sévignacq-Meyracq (; oc, Sevinhac e Meirac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
See also
* Ossau Valley
*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
The following is a list of the 546 com ...
.
See also
*Gave d'Ossau
The Gave d'Ossau is the torrential river flowing through the Ossau Valley, one of the three main valleys of the High- Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France.
It is formed in Gabas from the confluence of two gaves coming fr ...
(river)
* Pic du Midi d'Ossau
The Pic du Midi d'Ossau (2,884 m) is a mountain rising above the Ossau Valley in the France, French Pyrenees. Despite possessing neither a glacier nor, in the context of the range, a particularly high summit, its distinctive shape makes it a sy ...
* Col d'Aubisque
The Col d'Aubisque ( oc, Còth d'Aubisca) (elevation ) is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees south of Tarbes and Pau in the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Aquitaine region of France.Chany, Pierre (1988), La Fabuleuse Histoire du T ...
* Gourette
Gourette () is a winter sports resort in the French Pyrenees. It is located in the commune of Eaux-Bonnes in the ''département'' of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, on the D 918 road which passes through the Col d'Aubisque mountain pass. The closest ...
* Ossau-Iraty
Ossau-Iraty is an Occitan- Basque cheese made from sheep milk.
Origin
Ossau-Iraty or Esquirrou is produced in south-western France, in the Northern Basque Country and in Béarn. Its name reflects its geographical location, the Ossau Valley in B ...
(cheese)
* Petit train d'Artouste
The Petit train d'Artouste is a narrow gauge tourist railway situated in the French Pyrenees close to the Spanish border, some south of the town of Pau, and within the ''commune'' of Laruns. The line runs high above the headwaters of the Gave d' ...
References
External links
Landforms of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Valleys of France Nouvelle-Aquitaine region articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{PyrénéesAtlantiques-geo-stub