Biriatou

French commune
nomcommune=Biriatou
Handball pitch of the village
région=Aquitaine
département=Pyrénées-Atlantiques
arrondissement=Bayonne
canton=Hendaye
insee=64130
cp=64700
maire=Michel Hiriart
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Sud Pays Basque
longitude=-1.74194444444
latitude=43.3341666667
alt moy=100 m
alt mini=0 m
alt maxi=552 m
hectares=1,104
km²=11.04
sans=831
date-sans=1999
dens=75.27date-dens=1999

Biriatou (Basque "Biriatu") is a small village in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques "département" of southern France.

The village lies on the edge of a hill rising east to the minor mount Xoldokogaina (486 m), the first noticeable prominence across the Spanish-French border at the lower Bidasoa. The hiking trail GR 10 crosses the village, heading east through the southern side of Xoldokogaina.

European road carriers and travellers are acquainted with the name, Basque for 'gate/pass of the way' ("bide" + "ate"), on account of the border customs and toll at the AP-8 - A-63 motorway to the west of the actual village, often jammed with vehicles and long queues.

External links

* [http://www.euskomedia.org/euskomedia/SAunamendi?idi=en&op=7&voz=BIRIATU BIRIATU in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)]