Eaux-Bonnes
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Town Hall | |
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Eaux-Bonnes | |
| Coordinates: 42°58′26″N 0°23′27″W / 42.9739°N 0.3908°WCoordinates: 42°58′26″N 0°23′27″W / 42.9739°N 0.3908°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Laruns |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Ossau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Louis Carrère-Gée |
| Area1 | 38.52 km2 (14.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 426 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64204 / 64440 |
| Elevation |
520–2,619 m (1,706–8,593 ft) (avg. 750 m or 2,460 ft) |
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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. | |
Eaux-Bonnes (French for good waters; Occitan: Aigas Bonas) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. The historian Auguste Lorieux (1796–1842) died in Eaux-Bonnes.
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.
See also
- Aas, a village in Eaux-Bonnes.
- Ossau Valley
- Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
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