Gurs

Gurs

French commune|nomcommune=Gurs
région=Aquitaine
département=Pyrénées-Atlantiques
arrondissement=Oloron-Sainte-Marie
canton=Navarrenx
insee=64253
cp=64190
maire=Louis Costemale
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Canton de Navarrenx
longitude=-0.7525
latitude=43.2883333333
alt moy=178 m
alt mini=119 m
alt maxi=254 m
hectares=1,096
km²=10.96
sans=383
date-sans=1999
dens=34.95
date-dens=1999

Gurs is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques "département", in southwestern France. Gurs was the site of the Camp Gurs concentration camp. Nothing remains of the camp; after the war a forest was planted on the site where it stood.

Geography

Gurs is located near Pau.

Neighboring communes:
* Jasses - northwest
* Sus - northwest
* Dognen - east
* Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu - west
* L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise - southwest
* Préchacq-Josbaig - south

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=2856&req=Gur&style=fiche quid.fr article on the Gurs commune] fr icon


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