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Arette is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Pyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...

department in south-western France

France

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Geography

Arette is located in the arrondissement

Arrondissement

Arrondissement is any of various administrative divisions of France, certain other Francophone countries, and the Netherlands.-France:The 101 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The capital of an arrondissement is called a...

of Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Oloron-Sainte-Marie is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. The town of Oloron-Sante-Marie is positioned at the junction of two rivers and has a population of approximately 12,000. While not spectacular, it is a pleasant looking town, with an ancient quarter,...

. It is one of the six communes of the canton

Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

of Aramits

Aramits

Aramits is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-History:Home to Henri d'Aramitz, Aramis in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père.-External links:* in French...

; the other five are Ance

Ance

Ance is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-References:*...

, Aramits (commune), Féas

Féas

Féas is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

, Issor

Issor

Issor is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

et Lanne-en-Barétous

Lanne-en-Barétous

Lanne-en-Barétous is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...

. Arrete lies close to both the French Basque region

Northern Basque Country

The French Basque Country or Northern Basque Country situated within the western part of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques constitutes the north-eastern part of the Basque Country....

and to Spain, and is within the borders of Béarn

Béarn

Béarn is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the...

, one of the traditional French provinces

Provinces of France

The Kingdom of France was organised into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. The provinces of France were roughly equivalent to the historic counties of England...

.

Covering an area of 9223 hectares (92 km²), Arette is a very large commune. It is also mountainous, and includes the La Pierre Saint-Martin ski resort. Arette's highest point is Soum Couy at 2,315 m. Soum Couy is situated close to the 2,504 m Pic d'Anie

Pic d'Anie

Pic d'Anie is a peak of the Pyrenees of France, it is high and it is located very close to the border with Spain.Surrounding the almost perfectly pyramidal Pic d'Anie is the spectacular karst landscape of Larra, in the Larra-Belagua massif .The three main access ways to the peak are: Belagua in...

, which is the highest peak in the western Pyrenees

Pyrenees

The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...

. From Pic d'Anie the mountain extends downwards for approximately 20 km, forming both sides of the Aspe

Aspe

Aspe is a town and municipality located in the comarca of Vinalopó Mitjà, in the province of Alicante, Spain.The town is located in the valley of the river Vinalopó, 25 km from Alicante city...

valley to the north-west; the Vert d'Arette (a tributary of the Vert) flows through this valley.

The ancient village from which the commune of Arette extends (the village is also named Arette) is located at an altitude of 316 m in the valley of Barétous, which lies between the aforementioned Aspe valley, to its east, and the Basque province of Soule

Soule

Soule is a former viscounty and French province and part of the present day Pyrénées-Atlantiques département...

, to its west.

Demography

According to Insee Arette had 1,091 inhabitants in 2008. Censuses carried out in Arette on a regular basis since 1793 provide data about the change in the commune's population levels over time. The population peaked at 2,245 inhabitants in 1841 and 1846.

sources=Cassini database of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences for figures up to 1999, Insee INSEE INSEE is the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the French economy and society, carrying out the periodic national census. Located in Paris, it is the French branch of Eurostat, European Statistical System... database for 2008.

Geography

Demography

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