Guéthary
Guéthary (Basque: Getaria) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques depairtment in sooth-wastren Fraunce. It is located in the tradeetional Basque province o Labourd, the toun tradeetionally staundin on the northmaist coastal linguistic boondar o the Basque leid.
Guéthary | |
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  Guéthary Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Guéthary | |
| Coordinates: 43°25′36″N 1°36′28″W / 43.4267°N 1.607778°WCoordinates: 43°25′36″N 1°36′28″W / 43.4267°N 1.607778°W | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Depairtment | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-de-Luz |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Albert Larrousset |
| Area 1 | 1 km2 (0.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,365 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64249 /64210 |
| Elevation | 0–73 m (0–240 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries. 2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
History eedit
Guéthary haes existit as a smaw fishin veelage syne the early 12t century. It became famous for huntin whales in the 13t century. Actually, the linguist Henri Gavel put doun the name o the toun tae the Gascon wird getari, 'post for watchin' (the whales), while this assumption haes been disputit bi current linguists, who trace the name back tae laitin caetaria, 'fish processin facility', supportit bi airchaeological evidence unyirdit baith in Guéthary an the same name Getaria frae Gipuzkoa.[1]
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References eedit
- ↑ "Antzinateko euskararen nondik norakoak" (PDF). Euskaltzaindia. Retrieved 6 Julie 2009. Article in Basque
Freemit airtins eedit
- Tourism office wabsteid Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Toun cooncil wabsteid (in French)
- GETARIA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)