Briscous

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Briscous

|native name = Beskoitze

|commune status = Commune

|image = Briscous Mairie.JPG

|caption = The town hall of Briscous

|image coat of arms = Blason fr ville Briscous.svg

|arrondissement = Bayonne

|canton = Nive-Adour

|INSEE = 64147

|postal code = 64240

|mayor = Pascal Jocou{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=12 March 2025|language=fr}}

|term = 2024–2026

|intercommunality = CA Pays Basque

|coordinates = {{coord|43.4608|-1.3325|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 120

|elevation min m = 0

|elevation max m = 135

|area km2 = 31.29

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Briscous ({{IPA|fr|bʁiskus}}; {{langx|eu|Beskoitze}}[https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/beskoitze/ar-10493/ Beskoitze], Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia {{in lang|es}}) is a town and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France. It is part of the traditional Basque province of Labourd.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64147#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |938

|1975 |1085

|1982 |1413

|1990 |1745

|1999 |1988

|2007 |2454

|2012 |2642

|2017 |2806

}}

Gallery

File:Briscous-mairie-001.jpg|Town Hall.

File:Briscous Eglise.JPG|Church.

File:Briscous-Église Saint-Vincent-Diacre- Nef VE-20211124.jpg|

File:Briscous-fronton-001.jpg|Fronton.

See also

References

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{{Pyrénées-Atlantiques communes}}

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Category:Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Category:Pyrénées-Atlantiques communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia

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