Gabaston

{{Expand French|topic=geo|date=December 2008|Gabaston}}

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Gabaston

|commune status = Commune

|image = Mairie de Gabaston.jpg

|caption = Town Hall of Gabaston

|arrondissement = Pau

|canton = Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès

|INSEE = 64227

|postal code = 64160

|mayor = Guy Cazalet{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Nord-Est Béarn

|coordinates = {{coord|43.3608|-0.2072|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 288

|elevation min m = 265

|elevation max m = 345

|area km2 = 12.73

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

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

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

}}

Gabaston ({{IPA|fr|ɡabastɔ̃}}; {{langx|oc|Gavaston}}) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64227#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |342

|1975 |458

|1982 |592

|1990 |602

|1999 |562

|2007 |599

|2012 |611

|2017 |662

}}

Hydrography

Gabaston is watered by the Gabas river which flows through the town.{{sandre|id=Q13-0400|nom=Le Gabas}} The river was known as the fluvius gavasensis in 982.Cartulary of Saint-Sever.{{clarify|date=October 2024}}{{better source needed|date=October 2024}}

Notable Personalities

Piers Gaveston (vers 1282-1312), Gascon knight, favorite of King Edward II of England.

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{commons category}}

{{Pyrénées-Atlantiques communes}}

{{authority control}}

Category:Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

{{Pau-geo-stub}}