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Basses-Pyrénées

British  
/ bɑspirene /

plural noun

  1. the former name for Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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OLORON.—A town on a hill above the river of same name, in the Basses-Pyrénées, 20 miles from Pau, by Gan and Belair.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

That of the Basses-Pyrénées on the 8th August acquitted Duportal and the four or five persons accused of the movement of Toulouse.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

LARUNS.—An important though tumble-down village in the Val d'Ossau, in the Basses-Pyrénées, 31/4 miles from Eaux Bonnes and the same from Eaux Chaudes.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

PUYOO.—A village in the Basses-Pyrénées, one mile distant from the station of same name; junction for Bayonne from the line between Bordeaux and Pau; from which it is 11-1/2 miles and 32-1/2 miles distant, respectively.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest

COARBAZE.—A village in the Basses-Pyrénées on the road between Pau and Lourdes.

From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest