page_title: Banca, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Banca, Pyrénées-Atlantiques / Economy
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Mine de fer de Bancahaut fourneau, site archéologique (Inscrit) This building is indexed in the Base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture,&#160;under the reference PA64000003 . беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| brezhoneg&#160;| català&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| Ελληνικά&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| español&#160;| euskara&#160;| suomi&#160;| français&#160;| magyar&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| svenska&#160;| українська&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Banca is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France in the former province of Lower Navarre.
  Banca is part of Pays Quint, an area of pasture area which belongs to Spain but is cultivated by French farmers.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bankars.
context_section_description: The copper/silver mines and the associated smelter reached their peak in the middle of the 18th century and the forge, with its blast furnace, was in operation from 1828 to 1861.
  Economic activity is now mainly agricultural. The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.
caption: The Banca Mine
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