The Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques is the deliberative assembly of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It consists of 54 members from 27 cantons. Unt
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Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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Pau is a commune overlooking the Pyrenees, the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France.
From top, left to right: the Boulevard des Pyrénées and the Pic du Midi d'Ossau; Pic du Midi de Bigorre and Palais Beaumont; Château de Pau
![The château and the Pont du XIV-juillet [14 July Bridge] seen from the banks of the Gave de Pau](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Vue_sur_Pau_depuis_le_Gave.JPG/500px-Vue_sur_Pau_depuis_le_Gave.JPG)
The château and the Pont du XIV-juillet [14 July Bridge] seen from the banks of the Gave de Pau
Foehn wind in Pau, February 2007
The footpath west from the Château