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Gurs

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Canton
  
Navarrenx

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arrondissement
  
Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Intercommunality
  
Canton of Navarrenx

Gurs

Gurs is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

Gurs was the site of the Camp Gurs concentration camp. Nothing remains of the camp; after World War II, a forest was planted on the site where it stood.

Geography

Gurs is located near Pau.

Neighboring communes:

  • Jasses - northwest
  • Sus - northwest
  • Dognen - east
  • Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu - west
  • L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise - southwest
  • Préchacq-Josbaig - south
  • References

    Gurs Wikipedia