Baigts-de-Bearn

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Baigts-de-Bearn
Baigts-de-Béarn (France)
Baigts-de-Bearn
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Orthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel
Community association Lacq-Orthez
Coordinates 43 ° 31 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 31 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  W
height 28-167 m
surface 13.53 km 2
Residents 876 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 65 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64300
INSEE code 64087

Baigts-de-Béarn is a French municipality with 876 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016 Aquitaine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Pau and the canton of Orthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel (until 2015 Orthez ).

The inhabitants are called Batchois or Batchoises .

geography

Baigts-de-Béarn is located in the Béarn approximately seven kilometers northwest of Orthez in the northern border area with the neighboring Landes department .

The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Ossages (Landes)
Saint-Girons-en-Béarn
Ramous Neighboring communities Saint-Boès
Bérenx Salles-Mongiscard Orthez

Baigts-de-Béarn is located in the Adours catchment area on the right bank of the Gave de Pau . Two of its tributaries, the Arriou de Bardy and the Ruisseau de Montlong, have their source in the municipality. Another tributary, the Ruisseau de Lataillade, forms a large part of the northern municipal boundary.

history

The original inhabitants of Baigts-de-Béarn benefited from the preferred geographical location on a hill above the wooded valley of the Gave de Pau. This is evidenced by the existence of a fortified camp in prehistory . During the Gallo-Roman period, the municipality was an important stop on two major Roman trade routes. At the end of the reign of Gaston VII , Viscount of Béarn, in the 13th century, a new curtain wall was built around the town as a sign of its growing importance as an official residence. At that time there was a notary, a surgeon and four local nobles among the inhabitants .

Baigts is mentioned in the 13th century as Baigs in the fors de Béarn , a collection of official texts from the Vice- County of Béarn. In 1385, 59 households were counted in a census . Further forms of the place name in the scriptures were subsequently: Baigx (1318), Bags (1343), Bachs (1505), Batz (around 1540), Vagtz (1548) and Baitz (1582). Baigts became a center of the Reformation in the region in the 16th century and therefore suffered particularly from the consequences of the Huguenot Wars . On the map of Cassini in 1750 the community is as Baigts entered during the French Revolution in 1793 as Baigt 1801 then when Baigts out. To avoid confusion, the addition "de-Béarn" was officially added to the name in the 20th century.

Population development

The number of around 1000 inhabitants lasted until the last quarter of the 19th century. Then a downward trend began until the 1950s, at the end of which the number decreased by around 40%. Since then, the number has increased again by a total of more than 50%, which can be explained by the dynamics of the nearby Orthez.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2017
Residents 633 621 677 744 777 739 773 805 876
From 1962 official figures without residents with a secondary residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2009

Attractions

  • Saint-Vincent et Saint-Barthélemy Church . The church, which originally stood on this site, was destroyed in 1569. In the following century a new church was built, of which the choir and the eastern part of the nave have been preserved to this day. Restorations and extensions were carried out from the middle to the end of the 19th century. The destroyed church tower was only rebuilt in two projects in 1848 and 1851. Since then he has been wearing a polygonal tower helmet . In 1901 the chapel was built on the south side and equipped with a double stained glass window by the Mauméjean stained glass, well known in the region . The work on a double glass window in the main nave was carried out in 1911 by the Bordelais glass painter Gustave Pierre Dagrant .
  • Protestant Church of Baigts-de-Béarn. The original church was destroyed in 1685 following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes , which had guaranteed the Huguenots in France a certain religious tolerance and full civil rights, on the instructions of the Intendant Foucault. The current building is the result of a reconstruction in 1819 and numerous restorations in the 19th century.
  • Bellevue Palace. The palace complex testifies to the importance of the community in earlier times. The name "Schöner Blick" refers to the unobstructed view from the hill over the wooded valley of the Gave de Pau. Today there is a facility for the integration of people with disabilities into working life , which produces regional culinary specialties, community accommodation and a home for the elderly .
  • Cassou Castle, built in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • Tourriangle Castle, built in the second half of the 18th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

Baigts-de-Béarn is located in the AOC zone of the Béarn wine region .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2014
total = 68

traffic

Baigts-de-Béarn is served by the Route départementales 315, 415, 817 (former Route nationale 117 ), 915 and 933 (former Route nationale 133 ). A line of the Transports 64 bus network runs from Orthez to Saint-Palais via Baigts-de-Béarn. The Autoroute A64 , called La Pyrénéenne , leads through the southern local area, but without a direct exit. The Toulouse – Bayonne railway runs through the town without stopping.

Web links

Commons : Baigts-de-Béarn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentile ( fr ) habitant.fr. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Baigts-de-Béarn ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Baigts-de-Béarn ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  4. ^ Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 19, 1863. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  5. ^ France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  6. ↑ a b Notice Communale Baigts-de-Béarn ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Baigts-de-Béarn (64087) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Vincent Saint-Barthélemy ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ Église Saint-Vincent Saint-Barthélemy ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ Temple de Baigts-de-Béarn ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  11. ↑ Château Bellevue ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  12. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  13. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune de Baigts-de-Béarn (64087) ( fr ) INSEE . Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 10, 2017.