Bernac debate

Bernac debate
region	Occitania
Department	Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement	Tarbes
Canton	Moyen-Adour
Community association	Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates	43 ° 10 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ′ N , 0 ° 7 ′ E
height	367-463 m
surface	3.90 km 2
Residents	683 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	175 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	65360
INSEE code	65083
	; View of the center of Bernac-Debat

Bernac-Debat is a French commune with 683 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Tarbes and the canton of Moyen-Adour (until 2015: canton of Séméac ).

The inhabitants are called Bernacais and Bernacaises .

geography

Bernac-Debat is about eight kilometers southeast of Tarbes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic county of Bigorre .

Bernac-Debat is surrounded by the seven neighboring communities:

Salles-Adour	Allier
Momères		Barbazan Dessus
Saint Martin	Arcizac-Adour	Bernac-Dessus

Bernac-Debat lies in the catchment area of the Adour River , which flows from south to north on the border with the neighboring municipalities of Momères and Saint-Martin to the west. The Canal d'Alaric, which flows into the Adour, and its tributaries, the Ruisseau de Layet and the Echéoux, also cross the territory of the commune.

Post office

Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Bernac-Debat

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Bernac Devath. The first part of the name comes from a Gallo-Roman proper name Brennus , a Germanic proper name Bernus or a Gallic proper name Vernus or Verno and the suffix -acum ("Landgut des Brennus / Bernus / Vernus / Verno"). The second part of the name is a derivative of the Gascognischen devath ("north" in relation to Bernac-Dessus).

Toponyms and mentions of the Bernac Debat were:

A Bernag Debat (around 1200–1230, copy book of the County of Bigorre),

Bernag Deius (1285, census of the nobility in Bigorre),

De Bernaco (1313 and 1342, Debita regi Navarre tax list and Tarbes parish register),

de Bernaco Inferiore (1379, Prokuration Tarbes),

Vernac Debat and Bernac Debat (1429, Bigorre County census list),

Bernac de Bat (1750, map by Cassini ),

Bernac Debat (1793, Notice Communale ),

Bernac-de-Bas (1801, Bulletin des lois ).

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a peak of around 790 by the first half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 410 inhabitants during short recovery phases until the 1960s, before a growth phase that began continues today.