Cette-Eygun

Cette-Eygun (French pronunciation: [sɛt eɡœ̃]; Occitan: Cèta e Eigun) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

Cette-Eygun
Commune
Town Hall of Cette-Eygun
Location of Cette-Eygun
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Coordinates: 42°56′15″N 0°35′17″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1
Intercommunality	Haut Béarn
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Ophélie Escot[1]
Area 1	18.97 km2 (7.32 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	59
• Density	3.1/km2 (8.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64185 /64490
Elevation	501–2,560 m (1,644–8,399 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The famous restaurateur Jean Bergez emigrated from Cette-Eygun to San Francisco, California around 1877.^[3] He worked his way up in the restaurant business before becoming one of the proprietors of the acclaimed Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog in San Francisco.^[4]

Its station on the Pau–Canfranc railway was closed after an accident in 1970.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department