Eaux-Bonnes
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Eaux-Bonnes is a commune
in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
department in south-western France
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Nearby is the impressive villa Cockade, the construction of which is detailed in Dornford Yates
's novel The House That Berry Built
.
Gourette
is a winter sports resort located in the commune on the high mountain pass Col d'Aubisque
.
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
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Nearby is the impressive villa Cockade, the construction of which is detailed in Dornford Yates
Dornford Yates
Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the British novelist, Cecil William Mercer , whose novels and short stories, some humorous , some thrillers , were best-sellers in the 21-year interwar period between the First and Second world wars.The pen name, Dornford Yates, first in print in 1910, resulted...
's novel The House That Berry Built
The House That Berry Built
The House That Berry Built is a humorous semi-autobiographical novel by Dornford Yates published in 1945 by Ward Lock & Co of London. It is a fictional recreation of the construction of the author's house, Cockade, in the commune of Eaux-Bonnes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.-Plot summary:This...
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Gourette
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 D918 road which passes through the Col d'Aubisque mountain pass...
is a winter sports resort located in the commune on the high mountain pass Col d'Aubisque
Col d'Aubisque
The Col d'Aubisque is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees 30 km south of Tarbes and Pau in the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques , in the Aquitaine region of France....
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See also
- AasAas, Pyrénées-AtlantiquesAas is the name of a French village of about a hundred inhabitants in the commune of Eaux-Bonnes, Ossau valley, historical province of Haut-Béarn, departement Pyrénées-Atlantiques.Its shepherds maintained a whistled language until the 20th century....
, a village in Eaux-Bonnes. - Ossau ValleyOssau ValleyThe Ossau Valley is a valley of the French Pyrénées, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département.- Administration :...
- Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department