Gabat | |
Native Name: | Gabadi |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Gabat 64.svg |
Arrondissement: | Bayonne |
Canton: | Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre |
Insee: | 64228 |
Postal Code: | 64120 |
Mayor: | Jean-Louis Prebende[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays Basque |
Coordinates: | 43.3719°N -1.0331°W |
Elevation M: | 43 |
Elevation Min M: | 23 |
Elevation Max M: | 156 |
Area Km2: | 8.31 |
Gabat [2] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre, in the Pyrenees.[2] The local dialect is western bas-navarrais. Inhabitants are called Gabardiars.
Historically attested name (form)s are Gabat (1125), Sancta Maria de Bagad / Bagadh (1160), Gavat (12th century cartulary of Sorde), Bagat (1203), Gavat (1268), Gabat (1316 & 1413) and Nostre-Done de Gabat (1472, notaries of Labastide-Villefranche).