Bésingrand

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Bésingrand
Bésingrand (France)
Bésingrand
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Le Coeur de Bearn
Community association Lacq-Orthez
Coordinates 43 ° 22 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 22 ′  N , 0 ° 34 ′  W
height 105-118 m
surface 2.29 km 2
Residents 141 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 62 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64150
INSEE code 64117

Refinery at Bésingrand

Bésingrand is a French municipality with 141 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Pau and the canton of Le Cœur de Béarn (until 2015: canton of Lagor ).

The name in the Gascognischen language is Vesingran .

geography

Bésingrand is located about 25 km northwest of Pau on the left bank of the Gave de Pau in Béarn .

The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

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Pardies Neighboring communities Labastide-Cézéracq
Subscriptions

Bésingrand is located in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River on the left bank of the Gave de Pau . Its left tributary, the Juscle, flows into a tributary in the local area.

history

Bésingrand was first mentioned in connection with the local church as Sent Jacme de Besingran in 1344 . Further toponyms were subsequently Vesii-Gran (1349, notary of Pardies), Besii-Gran (1385, census of Béarn) and Vesingran (1546, Reformation in Béarn). On the map of Cassini 1750, the municipality is registered as Besingrand . During the French Revolution in 1793, Bésingrand is listed as Bezingrand , and eight years later as Besingrand as well as Bésingrand during the French Consulate .

In the census of 1385, 25 households were counted and it was noted that the village is in the Bailliage of Lagor and Pardies. Paul Raymond, archivist and historian of the 19th century, noted that from 1343 a ferry was in operation across the Gave near Bésingrand. The crossing was used by pilgrims on the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela to continue their way on the left bank of the Gave. Bésingrand was inevitably a stage on the pilgrimage. In 1431 the residents made an agreement with the ferryman. They worked for him for a day every year or gave him the corresponding value in the form of grain. In return, the ferryman undertook to buy the wood locally if he needed a new boat.

Bésingrand had a feudal lordship that was exercised by the Momas family in the 17th century and a lay monastery that was suffrage of the Viscount of Béarn.

In 1760, a flood of the Gave destroyed half of the village, which was subsequently rebuilt.

Population development

After the population increased to just over 100 in the 19th century, the number had dropped to roughly half by the 1960s. Due to the economic development of the chemical industry, the population more than doubled up to the 1990s, before it has since declined again.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2017
Residents 54 85 89 93 103 130 127 124 141
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

  • Parish church, dedicated to James the Elder , built after the destruction of the first church during the floods of 1760. Its furnishings range between ancient and modern art. A statue of the patron saint in the choir , above the door to the sacristy , commemorates the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. His cloak is adorned with two pilgrim shells and in his hand he carries a pilgrim staff with a drinking bottle attached.

Economy and Infrastructure

To the west of Bésingrand extends the industrial area of ​​Noguères-Pardies, which was created in the 1960s in the course of natural gas production near Lacq . Although the parish owns a relatively small part of its total area of ​​140 hectares, it has a major impact on employment and income for the small parish. Several companies produce fine chemicals such as B. acetylene and acetic acid . However, the imminent exhaustion of gas reserves is forcing companies to undertake a certain realignment.

Bésingrand is located in the AOC area of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2014
total = 71

traffic

Bésingrand is connected to the road network of the Routes départementales via municipal roads .

Web links

Commons : Bésingrand  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bésingrand ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Bésingrand ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  3. ^ A b Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 29, 1863. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  4. ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b Notice Communale Bescat ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ a b Regional Council of Aquitaine: Bésingrand ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 2, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Bésingrand (64117) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  8. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Bésingrand (64117) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  9. ^ Conseil regional d'Aquitaine: Église Saint-Jacques ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 2, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  10. ^ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Statue de saint Jacques, église Saint-Jacques ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 2, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  11. ↑ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Usine de produits chimiques de Bésingrand ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 2, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  12. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  13. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune de Bésingrand (64117) ( fr ) INSEE . Archived from the original on March 3, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 2, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.insee.fr