Country France Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques Area 15.99 km² | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Population (2006) 425 Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie | |
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Canton Oloron-Sainte-Marie-Ouest Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Josbaig | ||
Géronce is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
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Map of 64400 G%C3%A9ronce, France
Access
There are several routes leading in and out of Géronce. Route 936 linking Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Bayonne passes by the outside of the town. Route 836 passes through the middle of Géronce and links route 936 through roundabouts at Orin and at Geüs-d'Oloron. Highway 524 passes through the neighborhoods of Urein, Dous, Castéra, and Lacé, and links route 836 to route 24 via Esquiule and Barcus.
Water
The grounds in the commune are watered by the "Gave d'Oloron", a river in the Pyrénées. It is also watered by the main river, the "Gave de Pau", and watered by the tributary of the "Gave d'Oloron", the "Joos" (as well as by the tributaries of the latter, the streams of Josset and Cambillou).