Guiche | |
Native Name: | Gixune / Guishe |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Guiche (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).svg |
Arrondissement: | Bayonne |
Canton: | Nive-Adour |
Insee: | 64250 |
Postal Code: | 64520 |
Mayor: | Jean-Yves Bussiron[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Pays Basque |
Coordinates: | 43.5128°N -1.2028°W |
Elevation M: | 89 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
Elevation Max M: | 177 |
Area Km2: | 24.84 |
Guiche (in French pronounced as /ɡiʃ/; Basque: Gixune;[2] Occitan (post 1500);: Guishe) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.[3]
The play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand features a character known as the Count de Guiche who depicts Antoine III de Gramont, a real-life French marshal from Guiche.