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23-471: The landmark building was commissioned in 1924 by Alejandro Estrugamou, the son of immigrants from the Basses-Pyrénées area of France and a prominent Venado Tuerto ( Santa Fe Province ) landowner. Conceiving it as an investment property, Estrugamou himself lived in a relatively understated French Baroque mansion, nearby. Designed by architects Eduardo Sauze y August Huguier, the building, like many of

46-710: Is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean, it covers the French Basque Country and the Béarn . Its prefecture is Pau . In 2019, it had a population of 682,621. Originally named Basses-Pyrénées , it is one of the first 83 departments of France created during the French Revolution , on 4 March 1790. It

69-740: Is a recent designation, given to the overseas departments that have similar powers to those of the regions of metropolitan France . As integral parts of the French Republic , they are represented in the National Assembly , Senate and Economic and Social Council , elect a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and use the euro as their currency. Although these territories have had these political powers since 1982, when France's decentralisation policy dictated that they be given elected regional councils along with other regional powers,

92-486: Is a stronghold of the centrist Democratic Movement (MoDem). Its founder and president, François Bayrou , has served as Mayor of Pau since 2014 . The Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques has 54 seats. Its president has been Jean-Jacques Lasserre of the Democratic Movement since 2015 . In the 2022 legislative election , Pyrénées-Atlantiques elected the following members of the National Assembly : In

115-540: Is a table of former regions and which new region they became part of. (Occitania) Regions lack separate legislative authority and therefore cannot write their own statutory law. They levy their own taxes and, in return, receive a decreasing part of their budget from the central government, which gives them a portion of the taxes it levies. They also have considerable budgets managed by a regional council (conseil régional) made up of representatives voted into office in regional elections. A region's primary responsibility

138-597: Is spoken by virtually all inhabitants. Pyrénées-Atlantiques is also home to a number of professional sports teams, including rugby union football clubs Aviron Bayonnais , Biarritz Olympique and Section Paloise ; basketball club Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez ; and association football club Pau FC . The Pau Grand Prix , an auto race first held in 1901, has hosted the World Touring Car Championship , British Formula Three , Formula 3 Euro Series and FIA European Formula 3 Championship . Pyrénées-Atlantiques

161-629: Is to build and furnish high schools. In March 2004, the French central government unveiled a controversial plan to transfer regulation of certain categories of non-teaching school staff to the regional authorities. Critics of this plan contended that tax revenue was insufficient to pay for the resulting costs, and that such measures would increase regional inequalities. In addition, regions have considerable discretionary power over infrastructural spending, e.g., education, public transit, universities and research, and assistance to business owners. This has meant that

184-677: The Lacs de Carnau . The most populous commune is Pau , the prefecture. As of 2019, there are 11 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants: There does not seem to be a particular name to designate the inhabitants of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The western part is mainly inhabited by the Basques and the eastern part by the Béarnais , who since the Revolution and the creation of the department have shared

207-617: The Senate , the department is represented by three members : Frédérique Espagnac (since 2011), Max Brisson (since 2017) and Denise Saint-Pé (since 2017). The coat of arms of Pyrénées-Atlantiques combines those of four traditional provinces: Pyrénées-Atlantiques is twinned with: Regions of France France is divided into eighteen administrative regions ( French : régions , singular région [ʁeʒjɔ̃] ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while

230-550: The Gascon Bearnese variant and Basque language are indigenous to the region in their respective districts. Gascon in turn is a dialect of Occitan , formerly the main language of southern France. It is more closely related to Catalan than it is to French. Basque is a language isolate , not related to any known language. Today, French, the sole official language of the French Republic, is the predominant native language and

253-418: The department: Pau, which has 145,000 inhabitants and 344,000 workers in the local area; and Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz which has 166,400 inhabitants and 235,000 workers in the local area. The department is known for its tourism industry: The parts of the department that were part of Guyenne and Gascony, as well as Béarn, have a culture heavily influenced by the Basques , but clearly different identities. Both

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276-439: The fifth. In 2014, the French parliament passed a law reducing the number of metropolitan regions from 22 to 13 effective 1 January 2016. The law gave interim names for most of the new regions by combining the names of the former regions, e.g. the region composed of Aquitaine , Poitou-Charentes and Limousin was temporarily called Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes . However, the combined region of Upper and Lower Normandy

299-450: The heads of wealthy regions such as Île-de-France or Rhône-Alpes can be high-profile positions. Proposals to give regions limited legislative autonomy have met with considerable resistance; others propose transferring certain powers from the departments to their respective regions, leaving the former with limited authority. Number of regions controlled by each coalition since 1986 . Overseas region ( French : Région d'outre-mer )

322-502: The new administrative layout since it suppressed their institutions and laws. The representatives of Lower Navarre refused to vote in Paris arguing that they were not part of the Kingdom of France; those of Soule voted against. The brothers Garat , representing Labourd, eventually voted yes, thinking that it would give them a say in upcoming political decisions. On 10 October 1969, Basses-Pyrénées

345-500: The other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities , which have a semi-autonomous status). All of the thirteen metropolitan administrative regions (including Corsica as of 2019 ) are further subdivided into two to thirteen administrative departments , with the prefect of each region's administrative centre's department also acting as the regional prefect. The overseas regions administratively consist of only one department each and hence also have

368-399: The same department. However, from 1790 to 1969, the inhabitants were called Bas-Pyrénées . The Pyrénées-Atlantiques have a fertility rate below the French average with 1.7 children per woman. Population development since 1801: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a border department, has cultivated a number of economic and cultural links with Spain. Two urban concentrations exist in the east and west of

391-502: The status of overseas departments. Most administrative regions also have the status of regional territorial collectivities , which comes with a local government , with departmental and communal collectivities below the region level. The exceptions are Corsica, French Guiana , Mayotte and Martinique , where region and department functions are managed by single local governments having consolidated jurisdiction and which are known as single territorial collectivities . The term région

414-456: The upscale developments in Argentina during the early 20th century, was designed in an eclectic style heavily influenced by French Baroque and Second Empire architecture . The Estrugamou was built in four sections, arranged around a patio adorned with a bronze copy of the iconic Winged Victory of Samothrace . Nearly every decorative element of the building was imported from France, and the flooring

437-479: Was created out of parts belonging to the former greater province of Guyenne and Gascony , as well as the Béarn - Navarre (still, at least nominally, Kingdom of Navarre), meaning the Basques provinces of Basse-Navarre , Labourd , Bayonne (detached a few years before from Labourd) and Soule , as well as Béarn . The 1790 administrative design brought about the end of native institutions and laws . All Basque estates representatives from Labourd overtly opposed

460-1005: Was finished in Slavonian oak . Inaugurated in 1929, the eight-story Estrugamou Building was one of the few city landmarks to receive no architectural awards at the time of its completion. It was graced by an oversized sidewalk and extensive garden along its southern façade originally, though the civic-minded Alejandro Estrugamou donated this section to the city (which sought to widen Juncal Street) shortly before his death in 1937. The Estrugamou building has been described as an 'oasis of glamour, diplomacy and politics' by virtue of its notable residents and associated personalities. 34°35′33″S 58°22′41″W  /  34.59250°S 58.37806°W  / -34.59250; -58.37806 Basses-Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es Pyrénées-Atlantiques ( French pronunciation: [pi.ʁe.nez‿at.lɑ̃.tik] ; Gascon Occitan : Pirenèus Atlantics ; Basque : Pirinio Atlantiarrak or Pirinio Atlantikoak )

483-515: Was officially created by the Law of Decentralisation (2 March 1982), which also gave regions their legal status. The first direct elections for regional representatives took place on 16 March 1986. Between 1982 and 2015, there were 22 regions in Metropolitan France. Before 2011, there were four overseas regions ( French Guiana , Guadeloupe , Martinique , and Réunion ); in 2011 Mayotte became

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506-570: Was renamed Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Pyrénées-Atlantiques is part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. It is bordered by the Landes , Hautes-Pyrénées, Gers departments and the Bay of Biscay . It also borders Spain to the south by the provinces of Huesca , Navarre and Gipuzkoa along a coastline with the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Lac Gentau is located in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, as are

529-571: Was simply called "Normandy" ( Normandie ). Permanent names were proposed by the new regional councils by 1 July 2016 and new names confirmed by the Conseil d'État by 30 September 2016. The legislation defining the new regions also allowed the Centre region to officially change its name to " Centre-Val de Loire " with effect from January 2015. Two regions, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté , opted to retain their interim names. Given below

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