<sod>  intercomm=[[Communauté d'agglomération de Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz|Communauté<br>d'agglomération de<br>Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz]]|
 longitude=1° 28' 30<nowiki>''</nowiki> W|latitude=43° 29' 37<nowiki>''</nowiki> N|
 alt moy=4 m|alt mini=0 m|alt maxi=85 m|
hectares=2,168|km²=21.68|sans=40,078|date-sans=1999|dens=1,850}}
 
 [[Image:Bayonne.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Bayonne. View from the other side]]
 
'''Bayonne''' ([[Basque language|Basque]]: ''Baiona''; [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Bayona'') is a city and [[commune in France|commune]] of southwest [[France]] at the confluence of the [[Nive]] and [[Adour]] rivers, in the [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] ''[[département in France|département]]'', of which it is a ''[[sous-préfecture]]''. 
 
Bayonne has a population of 42,000.
It is, together with nearby [[Anglet]] and [[Biarritz]], part of "[[BAB]]", an urban area or ''[[communauté d'agglomération]]''. 
It is the main town of [[Labourd]]/[[Lapurdi]] in the French [[Basque Country]].
 
 ==History==
 
 <eod> <sod> intercomm=[[Communauté d'agglomération de Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz|Communauté<br>d'agglomération de<br>Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz]]|
 longitude=1° 28' 30<nowiki>''</nowiki> W|latitude=43° 29' 37<nowiki>''</nowiki> N|
 alt moy=4 m|alt mini=0 m|alt maxi=85 m|
hectares=2,168|km²=21.68|sans=<br>44,300<br>40,078|date-sans=July 1, 2004 estimate)<br>(March 8, 1999 census|dens=1,850|date-dens=2004}}
 
 [[Image:Bayonne.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Bayonne. View from the other side]]
 
'''Bayonne''' ([[French language|French]]: ''Bayonne'', [[International Phonetic Alphabet|pronounced]] {{IPA|/bajɔn/}}; [[Gascon language|Gascon]] and [[Basque language|Basque]]: ''Baiona'') is a city and [[commune in France|commune]] of southwest [[France]] at the confluence of the [[Nive]] and [[Adour]] rivers, in the [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] ''[[département in France|département]]'', of which it is a ''[[sous-préfecture]]''. 
 

Together with nearby [[Anglet]], [[Biarritz]], [[Saint-Jean-de-Luz]], and several smaller communes, Bayonne forms an [[urban area]] with 178,965 inhabitants at the 1999 census, 40,078 of whom lived in the city of Bayonne proper (44,300 as of 2004 estimates).

The communes of Bayonne, Biarritz, and Anglet have joined into an [[Commune in France#Intercommunality|intercommunal]] entity called the ''[[Communauté d'agglomération de Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz]]''.

Bayonne is the main town of [[Labourd]] in the French [[Basque Country]].
 
 ==History==
 
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