Pau
city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Summary
Pau is a commune of France[1]. Pau ranks in the top 0.17% of commune of france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,714 views/month, #53 of 31,031).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pyrénées-Atlantiques[3], canton of Jurançon[4], canton of Pau-Centre[5], canton of Pau-Est[6], canton of Pau-Nord[7], canton of Pau-Ouest[8], canton of Pau-Sud[9], arrondissement of Pau[10]
- Country: France[11]
- Located in or next to body of water: Gave de Pau[12]
- Head of government: François Bayrou[13]
- Instance of: city[14], human settlement[15]
- Shares border with: Buros[16], Billère[17], Bizanos[18], Gelos[19], Idron[20], Jurançon[21], Lons[22], Montardon[23], Morlaàs[24], Mazères-Lezons[25]
- Twinned administrative body: Göttingen[26], Setúbal[27], Zaragoza[28], Pistoia[29], Kofu[30], Swansea[31], Daloa[32], Xi'an[33]
- Postal code: 64000[34]
- Commons category: Pau, France[35]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[36], UTC+02:00[37]
- Official website: http://www.pau.fr[38]
- IPA transcription: páw[39]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques[40]
- Commons gallery: Pau[41]
- Email address: mailto:contact@ville-pau.fr[42]
- Population: 77,575[43], 77,215[44], 79,022[45], 77,130[46], 81,166[47], 76,275[48], 75,627[49], 75,665[50], 77,066[51], 78,620[52], 80,441[53]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Pau[54]
- Phone number: +33-5-59-27-85-80[55]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[56], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[57]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Pau include Pau Pyrénées Airport[58], an airport[59], in France[60] and Circuit de Pau-Ville[61], a street circuit[62], in France[63].
Why It Matters
Pau has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Pau is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Pau include Pau Pyrénées Airport[58], an airport[59], in France[60] and Circuit de Pau-Ville[61], a street circuit[62], in France[63].