What is Arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department?
There are 3 '''arrondissements in the [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] department'''.<ref name=insee1>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/methodes/nomenclatures/cog/arrdep.asp?codedep=64 |title=Liste des arrondissement du département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |language=French |accessdate=29 March 2014|date= }}</ref> The [[France|French]] [[Departments of France|departments]], and in other countries, are divided into ''[[Arrondissements of France|arrondissements]]'', which may be translated into English as '''districts''' (in some cases, as '''[[borough]]s'''). The capital of an arrondissement is called a [[Prefectures in France|subprefecture]]. If the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into [[Cantons of France|cantons]] and [[Communes of France|communes]]. The arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques are: # [[Arrondissement of Bayonne]], (subprefecture: [[Bayonne]]), with 123 communes. # [[Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie]], (subprefecture: [[Oloron-Sainte-Marie]]), with 155 communes. # [[Arrondissement of Pau]], ([[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department: [[Pau, France|Pau]]), with 269 communes. ==History== Since its creation, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department has had few changes:<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/64his.html |title=Historique des Pyrénées-Atlantiques |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=29 March 2014 |date= }}</ref> * 1790 : creation of the Basses-Pyrénées department with six [[district]]s: Pau, Oloron, Orthez, Mauléon, Saint-Palais, Ustaritz; the [[Capital (city)|capital]] was [[Navarrenx]] * 1790 : the capital is moved from Navarrenx to [[Pau, France|Pau]] * 1795 : the capital is moved from Pau to [[Saint-Palais, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Saint-Palais]] * 179