Isturits

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Isturits
Izturitze
Commune
The town hall of Isturits
The town hall of Isturits
Coat of arms of Isturits
Coat of arms
Location of Isturits
Map
(2020–2026)
Frédéric Camou[1]
Area
1
13.60 km2 (5.25 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
536
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64277 /64240
Elevation58–345 m (190–1,132 ft)
(avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Isturits (French pronunciation: [istyʁits]; Basque: Izturitze; also Isturitz) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre (Arberoa).[3]

The Isturitz and Oxocelhaya caves are an important Paleolithic site where a Neanderthal mandible was found, as well as later modern human finds associated with the Aurignacian, Solutrean and Magdalenian. They also include cave paintings and bone flutes.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ ISTURITS, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
  4. ^ (in French) Dominique Buisson, Les flûtes paléolithiques d'Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française (1990), 420-433
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