Licq-Athérey

Licq-Athérey
Bridge on the river Saison
Licq-Athérey
Location within Aquitaine region Licq-Athérey
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Tardets-Sorholus
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Soule-Xiberoa
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marc Peillen
Area1	17.87 km2 (6.90 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	232
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64342 / 64560
Elevation	242–1,097 m (794–3,599 ft) (avg. 497 m or 1,631 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Licq-Athérey (Basque: Ligi-Atherei) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

It is located in the former province of Soule.

Sights

Licq has a church (Church of St. Julien) whose origins date back to the Middle Ages and was substantially revised in the nineteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

• INSEE

External links

• LIGI-ATHEREI in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (Spanish)