Pyrénées-Atlantiques

[ pee-rey-ney-zat-lahn-teek ]

noun

1. a department in southwest France. 2,978 sq. mi. (7,710 sq. km). : Pau.

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

/ pirenez-atlɑ̃tik /

noun

1. a department of SW France in Aquitaine region. Capital: Pau. Pop: 614 174 (2003 est). Area: 7712 sq km (3008 sq miles) Former nameBasses-Pyrénées

Example Sentences

The attorney general had asked for 15 years imprisonment for the two men who were sentenced at a court in Pau, also in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques region.

From BBC

Though the worms have now been documented throughout much of France, they seem to favor the southwest region called Pyrenées-Atlantiques, which the authors describe as “a small paradise for invasive land planarians”.

From Scientific American

Jean Lassalle, almost unknown even in France, is an MP and since 1977 has been mayor of a tiny hamlet of 160 inhabitants in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques area.

From The Guardian

Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images A breezy stage began in Salies-de-Béarn and the riders cantered through several charming villages in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques before entering the Landes, where they covered 100km of pan-flat roads in which pine woods alternated with vast areas cleared by logging.

From The Guardian