The 3 arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department are:[1] In 1800 the arrondissements of Pau, Bayonne, Mauléon, Oloron and Orthez were established.
The arrondissements of Mauléon and Orthez were disbanded in 1926.
[2] The borders of the arrondissements of Pyrénées-Atlantiques were modified in January 2017:[3]