Bescat
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie | |
| Canton | Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2 | |
| Community association | Vallée d'Ossau | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 8 ′ N , 0 ° 26 ′ W | |
| height | 335-569 m | |
| surface | 6.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 255 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 37 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64260 | |
| INSEE code | 64116 | |
 Parish Church of Saint-Lizier in Bescat |
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Bescat is a French municipality with 255 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 Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2 (until 2015: Canton Arudy ).
The inhabitants are called Bescatais or Bescataises .
geography
Bescat is located about 18 km southeast of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and about 30 km south of Pau on the slope of a moraine at the entrance of the Vallée d'Ossau in Béarn .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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Sévignacq-Meyracq |
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Bescat is located in the Adour river basin . The Gave d'Ossau flows through a small part of the southern municipality. The Ruisseau des Trébès and the Ruisseau d'Escou have their source in the commune.
history
Bescat is mentioned for the first time under the name Bescad 1154 in the copial book of Barcelona . There was a lay monastery that was sustained by the Viscount of Béarn. Further toponyms were subsequently Albescat (1270, documents of the archdeaconate of Ossau) and Besquat (1418, copy book of the archdeaconate of Ossau). In the census of 1385, 14 households were counted and it was noted that the village is in the Bailliage of the Archdeaconate of Ossau.
Great war damage was recorded during the Huguenot Wars . The residents of Bescat decided to stay with the Catholic denomination, while the neighboring town of Arudy switched to the Huguenots . The Pope thanked the place with the establishment of a brotherhood of the "Five Wounds of our Lord" ( Cinq plaies de Notre Seigneur ) in Bescat.
Bescat is entered in its present form on the map of Cassini in 1750, and was listed as Bercat during the French Revolution in 1793 .
Population development
After the peak of 572 inhabitants in the first half of the 19th century, the number has decreased by around half and is now in an approximate range between 250 and 300.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 266 | 236 | 274 | 268 | 278 | 252 | 254 | 272 | 255 |
Attractions
- Parish church dedicated to Lizier von Couserans . The building, originally erected in the 17th century, consists of a main nave with a wooden barrel vault , which is connected to two side aisles via round arches and whose apse is closed with an apse dome . The south facade is interrupted by a Gothic entrance gate. Inside there are items from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries that are registered as national cultural assets, e.g. B. Tabernacle and altarpiece in the main and side aisles.
- Houses from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Economy and Infrastructure
Bescat is located in the AOC area of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk.
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Sports
The GR 78 long-distance hiking trail from Carcassonne to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port runs through the municipality. It follows a byway of the Camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela .
traffic
Bescat is crossed by the Route départementales 232, 920 and 934 (former Route nationale 134 ).
Web links
- Bescat on the website of the Tourist Office of the Association of Municipalities (French)
- Bescat on the website of the Tourist Office of the Association of Municipalities (French)
- Website of the AOP Ossau-Iraty association (French)
- Bescat on the map by Cassini 1750
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentile. habitant.fr, accessed March 2, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Ma commune: Bescat. Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne, accessed on March 2, 2017 (French).
- ^ Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées. In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France. Imprimerie nationale, 1863, p. 29 , accessed on March 2, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Bescat. (No longer available online.) Visites en Aquitaine, archived from the original on March 3, 2017 ; Retrieved on March 2, 2017 (French).
- ^ France 1750. David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates, accessed March 2, 2017 (English).
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Bescat. EHESS , accessed on March 2, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Bescat (64116). INSEE , accessed on March 2, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Église Saint-Lizier. (No longer available online.) Visites en Aquitaine, archived from the original on March 3, 2017 ; Retrieved on March 2, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit. Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité , accessed on October 26, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune de Bescat (64116). (No longer available online.) INSEE , archived from the original on March 3, 2017 ; Retrieved on March 2, 2017 (French).
- ↑ GR®78: le chemin du piémont pyrénéen. Comité Régional de la Randonnée Pédestre Midi-Pyrénées, accessed on March 2, 2017 (French).