Mauléon-Licharre

Mauléon-Licharre (French pronunciation: [moleɔ̃ liʃaʁ]; Basque: Maule-Lextarre, Occitan: Maulion e Lisharra), or simply Mauléon, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.^[3]

Mauléon-Licharre Maule-Lextarre
Commune
Main square, Mauléon
Coat of arms
Location of Mauléon-Licharre
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Coordinates: 43°13′31″N 0°53′09″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Montagne Basque
Intercommunality	CA Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Louis Labadot[1]
Area 1	13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,975
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64371 /64130
Elevation	133–521 m (436–1,709 ft) (avg. 214 m or 702 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is the capital of the Soule (Zuberoa) historical Basque province.

It is home to the canvas shoe, the espadrille and etorki cheese.

Demographics

Mauléon in 1843 by Eugène de Malbos.

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 862 —     1800 985 +1.92% 1806 1,007 +0.37% 1821 1,054 +0.30% 1831 1,145 +0.83% 1836 1,259 +1.92% 1841 1,577 +4.61% 1846 1,654 +0.96% 1851 1,600 −0.66% 1856 1,475 −1.61% 1861 1,708 +2.98% 1866 1,876 +1.89% 1872 1,743 −1.22% 1876 2,108 +4.87% 1881 2,409 +2.71% 1886 2,251 −1.35% 1891 2,575 +2.73% 1896 2,651 +0.58% 1901 3,368 +4.90%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 4,045 +3.73% 1911 4,827 +3.60% 1921 4,220 −1.33% 1926 4,316 +0.45% 1931 4,069 −1.17% 1936 4,193 +0.60% 1946 4,567 +0.86% 1954 4,619 +0.14% 1962 4,679 +0.16% 1968 4,500 −0.65% 1975 4,239 −0.85% 1982 4,099 −0.48% 1990 3,533 −1.84% 1999 3,347 −0.60% 2007 3,228 −0.45% 2012 3,145 −0.52% 2017 2,954 −1.25% 2018 2,950 −0.14%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE[5]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department