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Bayonne

commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
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Summary

Bayonne is a commune of France[1]. Bayonne ranks in the top 0.18% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,630 views/month, #56 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: French Towns and Lands of Art and History[3]
  • Member of: Q18711905[4], Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: canton of Bayonne-Nord[6], canton of Bayonne-Est[7], canton of Bayonne-Ouest[8], Pyrénées-Atlantiques[9], arrondissement of Bayonne[10], Labourd[11]
  • Country: France[12]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Adour[13], Nive[14]
  • Head of government: Jean-René Etchegaray[15]
  • Shares border with: Boucau[16], Tarnos[17], Anglet[18], Bassussarry[19], Lahonce[20], Mouguerre[21], Saint-Pierre-d'Irube[22], Villefranque[23]
  • Flag: flag of Bayonne[24]
  • Twinned administrative body: Hydra municipality[25], Pamplona[26], Daytona Beach[27], Veliko Tarnovo[28], L'Hospitalet de Llobregat[29], Bayonne[30], Kajaani[31], Nyíregyháza[32], Ascoli Piceno[33], Faro[34], Satu Mare[35]
  • Postal code: 64100[36]
  • Part of: Pyrénées-Atlantiques[37]
  • Commons category: Bayonne[38]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[39], UTC+02:00[40]
  • Archives at: archives municipales de Bayonne[41]
  • Significant event: Battle of Bayonne[42], Siege of Bayonne[43], Fêtes de Bayonne[44]
  • Official website: https://www.bayonne.fr/[45]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bayonne[46]
  • Commons gallery: Bayonne[47]
  • Email address: mailto:contact@bayonne.fr[48]
  • Population: 47,492[49], 12,578[50], 13,190[51], 14,006[52], 13,248[53], 14,773[54], 15,912[55], 17,303[56], 18,120[57], 18,870[58], 26,187[59], 25,611[60], 26,333[61]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Bayonne include Biarritz – Anglet – Bayonne Airport[62], an airport[63], in France[64], founded in 1954[65]; Bayonne ham[66], in France[67]; Mount Bayonne[68], a mountain[69]; Eusko Ikaskuntza Ville de Bayonne Prize of Honour[70], an award[71], in France[72], founded in 2000[73]; and GNU Bayonne[74], a server software[75], founded in 1999[76].

Why It Matters

Bayonne has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[77] Bayonne is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[78]

Entities named for Bayonne include Biarritz – Anglet – Bayonne Airport[62], an airport[63], in France[64], founded in 1954[65]; Bayonne ham[66], in France[67]; Mount Bayonne[68], a mountain[69]; Eusko Ikaskuntza Ville de Bayonne Prize of Honour[70], an award[71], in France[72], founded in 2000[73]; and GNU Bayonne[74], a server software[75], founded in 1999[76].

FAQs

What awards did Bayonne receive?

Honors received include French Towns and Lands of Art and History[3].

Related Entities

Anglet Ascoli Piceno Baceno Bassussarry Boucau Didier Deschamps France Frédéric Bastiat Gojira Henry F. Sherwood Klaudio Harluxet Léon Bonnat Mouguerre Office Public de la Langue Basque Pamplona Saint-Pierre-d'Irube Stéphane Ruffier

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

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  2. [77] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [78] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 2679
    Biblissima authority id → Q30418
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q30418, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bayonne-france
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bayonne-france, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911428|bayonne france (#289911428)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Bayonne
    Svkkl authority id → g0005343-Bayonne-Francie
    Significant event → Battle of Bayonne, Siege of Bayonne, Siege of Bayonne +1
    Part of → Pyrénées-Atlantiques
    + 46 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0005343-Bayonne-Francie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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