Gabaston

Gabaston
Gabaston
	Town Hall of Gabaston Town Hall of Gabaston
	Gabaston
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Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Morlaàs
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Luy-Gabas-Souye et Lées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Palengat
Area1	12.73 km2 (4.92 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	605
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64227 / 64160
Elevation	265–345 m (869–1,132 ft); (avg. 288 m or 945 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Hydrography

Gabaston is watered^[1] by the Gabas river which flows through the town. The river was known as the fluvius gavasensis in 982.^[2]

Piers Gaveston^[3] (vers 1282-1312), Gascon knight, favorite of King Edward II of England.

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