Cette-Eygun Explained

Cette-Eygun
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton:Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1
Insee:64185
Postal Code:64490
Mayor:Ophélie Escot[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Haut Béarn
Coordinates:42.9375°N -0.5881°W
Elevation Min M:501
Elevation Max M:2560
Area Km2:18.97

Cette-Eygun (in French pronounced as /sɛt eɡœ̃/; Occitan (post 1500);: Cèta e Eigun) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

The famous restaurateur Jean Bergez immigrated from Cette-Eygun to San Francisco, California around 1877. [2] He worked his way up in the restaurant business before becoming one of the proprietors of the acclaimed Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog in San Francisco. [3]

Its station on the Pau–Canfranc railway was closed after an accident in 1970.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
  2. Book: Millard, Bailey . History of the San Francisco Bay Region, Volume 2 . 1924 . 63.
  3. Book: Millard, Bailey . History of the San Francisco Bay Region, Volume 2 . 1924 . 64.