Gabat, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Gabat
Commune
Gabat
Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Gabat
Coordinates: 43°22′19″N 1°01′59″W / 43.3719°N 1.0331°W / 43.3719; -1.0331Coordinates: 43°22′19″N 1°01′59″W / 43.3719°N 1.0331°W / 43.3719; -1.0331
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
Intercommunality CA Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Arnaud Aguerre
Area1 8.31 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 207
 • Density 25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 64228 /64120
Elevation 23–156 m (75–512 ft)
(avg. 43 m or 141 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Gabat (Basque: Gabadi) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre, in the Pyrenees. The local dialect is western bas-navarrais. Inhabitants are called Gabardiars.

Names

Historically attested name (form)s are Gabat (1125), Sancta Maria de Bagad / Bagadh (1160), Gavat (12th century cartulary of Sorde), Bagat (1203), Gavat (1268), Gabat (1316 & 1413) and Nostre-Done de Gabat (1472, notaries of Labastide-Villefranche).

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