Brassempouy

Brassempouy
Brassempouy
Location within Aquitaine region Brassempouy
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Amou
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Guy Duplantier
Area1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population (2013)2	276
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	40054 / 40330
Elevation	35–131 m (115–430 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 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.

Brassempouy is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.

The settlement is on the route between Mont-de-Marsan and Orthez.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	307	—
1968	332	+8.1%
1975	309	−6.9%
1982	291	−5.8%
1990	279	−4.1%
1999	268	−3.9%
2006	289	+7.8%
2013	276	−4.5%

Prehistoric caves

The village became famous for its two nearby caves, and only 100 metres from each other, were among the first Paleolithic sites to be explored in France. They are known as the Galerie des Hyènes (Gallery of the Hyenas) and the Grotte du Pape (the "Pope's Cave"), in which the Venus of Brassempouy was discovered in 1892, accompanied by eight other human figures, often ignored, and an example of unfinished work, with multiple figures of women being carved at the same time. As a result, the four museums of history were established here.

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  The Venus of Brassempouy
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  Lithic core for Lithic reduction - Upper Paleolithic Muséum of Toulouse
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  Flint blade Muséum of Toulouse
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  Flint Burin Upper Paleolithic Muséum of Toulouse

See also

• Communes of the Landes department

References

• INSEE statistics