Brassempouy

Brassempouy
Brassempouy
Commune
	Location of Brassempouy
	Brassempouy Brassempouy
	Coordinates: 43°37′58″N 0°41′37″W / 43.6328°N 0.6936°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Landes
Arrondissement	Dax
Canton	Coteau de Chalosse
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Toulouse
Area 1	10.72 km2 (4.14 sq mi)
Population (2021)	267
• Density	25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Brassempouy (French pronunciation: [bʁasɛ̃puj]; Gascon: Brassempoi) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.^[3]

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

Population[edit]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	332	—
1975	309	−1.02%
1982	291	−0.85%
1990	279	−0.53%
1999	267	−0.49%
2009	302	+1.24%
2014	272	−2.07%
2020	263	−0.56%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Prehistoric caves[edit]

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.