Ciboure
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| Commune of Ciboure | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 1,67° W |
| Latitude | 43,38° N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Hendaye |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Sud Pays Basque |
| Mayor | Guy Poulou (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 0 m–83 m (avg. 80 m) |
| Land area¹ | 7 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
6,283 |
| - Density (1999) | 844/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64189/ 64500 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Ciboure (Basque: Ziburu) is a commune of France, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, across the harbour from Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
Ciboure is, like its neighbour, a pretty town with many buildings of the traditional Basque style of Lapurdi. The 16th century church of St Vincent has an octagonal tower, Basque galleries and a Baroque altarpiece.
Ciboure was the birthplace of:
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