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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Puyoô
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Entrée dans Puyoô.jpg
|caption                = The road into Puyoô
|arrondissement         = Pau
|canton                 = Orthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel
|INSEE                  = 64461
|postal code            = 64270
|mayor                  = Michel Labourdette<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       =
|coordinates            = {{coord|43.52|-0.91|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 41
|elevation min m        = 17
|elevation max m        = 155
|area km2               = 9.32
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Puyoô''' ({{IPA|fr|pɥijo}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] [[Departments of France|department]] in south-western [[France]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/64461-puyoo INSEE commune file]</ref>
==Geography==
The town is situated on the [[Gave de Pau]], a river running through the region, and some of the river's tributaries,  including the streams of Lataillard, Espérance and Loulié. Puyoô neighbours the towns of [[Bellocq]]  to the south-west and [[Ramous]] to the south-east. The local railway station, ''[[Gare de Puyoô]]'', opened in 1862. Today,{{when|date=January 2019}} it has approximately 10,300 passengers a year.
==Name==
''Puyoô'' is derived from the [[Béarnese dialect|Bearnaise]] word ''Pujóu'' meaning ''small hill''. ''Pujóu'' can be further derived from the [[Latin]] word ''podium'', meaning ''height''.<ref>Paul Raymond, ''Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque.'' (Topographical Dictionary of Basque in the Béarn Region.)</ref>
People from the town are known in [[French language|French]] as ''Puyolais''.
==Economy==
The town's economy is generally agriculture-oriented.
==Culture==
Puyoô has a rugby field and tennis courts, as well as a town hall. A community festival is held towards the end of June.
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department]]
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.puyoo.fr/ Main website] {{in lang|fr}}
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