Cuqueron

Cuqueron
region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Le Coeur de Bearn
Community association	Lacq-Orthez
Coordinates	43 ° 19 ′  N , 0 ° 33 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 19 ′  N , 0 ° 33 ′  W
height	134-290 m
surface	3.48 km 2
Residents	189 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	54 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	64360
INSEE code	64197
Landscape at Cuqueron

Cuqueron is a French municipality with 189 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 (until 2016: Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie ) and the canton of Le Cœur de Béarn (until 2015: Canton Monein ).

The inhabitants are called Cuqueronais or Cuqueronaises .

geography

Cuqueron is about 25 kilometers west of Pau in the historic province of Béarn .

The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

	Monein	Parbayse
Monein		Monein
	Monein

Cuqueron lies in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River . A tributary of the Bayse , the Baysère , flows along the western and southwestern border of the municipality with Monein.

history

The community is located on a higher ground and is protected because of this location. Objects made of flint ( hand axes , burins , blades, kernels ) that were found in the area of ​​the municipality indicate an early settlement as early as the Neolithic . In the 1385 census of the Béarn, 16 households were counted and it was noted that the village belongs to the Bailliage of Monein. Cuqueron belonged to the landlords of Monein for a long period of time .

Toponyms and mentions of Cuqueron were

• Cucuror (12th century, according to Pierre de Marca's book Histoire de Béarn ),
• Cucuroo (1345, notaries of Pardies ),
• Cuquroo (1385, census of the Béarn),
• Sent Miqueu de Quoquron and Coquron (1434 and 1441, respectively, notaries from Oloron ),
• Cocuroo (1456, copy book of the Archdeaconate of Ossau),
• Cocuro (around 1540, Béarn manuscript collection ),
• Cocurour and Cuquerour (1655 and 1657, respectively, notaries from Monein) and
• Cocurour , Cuquerour and Coucuron (1655, 1657 and 1675, respectively, Béarn manuscript collection).

The municipality is entered as Cucuron on the map of Cassini in 1750 and was listed under the same name during the French Revolution in 1793. Since the time of the French Consulate , the municipality has been administered under its current name.

Population development

After peaking in the first half of the 19th century with 364 inhabitants, the number decreased by around 30% to 257 inhabitants by the 1880s, rose to 287 inhabitants by the first decade of the 20th century, before reaching up to dropped to less than 150 inhabitants in the 1970s. By the turn of the millennium, the population rose again briefly to over 200, before moving to a level below 200 in the last counts.

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009	2017
Residents	167	157	141	174	194	225	190	177	189

From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

• Church in Castéra, dedicated to the Archangel Michael . From a decree from 1623 it can be deduced that at that time baptisms and funerals had to take place in the church of Monein. So it is possible that either the congregation did not have its own church or the church was in a bad state. The present day church was built in the 19th century. Your entrance at the foot of the bell tower is designed as a pointed arch , above it is a small canopy with two surfaces. The church has a painting from the 19th century that shows its patron saint Michael as the slayer of the devil in the form of the dragon . In the depiction he has set foot on the kite and is about to give it the last push with a lance .
• Cuqueron Castle, built in the 17th century instead of a simple house. At the end of the 16th century, Jean de Montgaurin, Treasurer of Navarre and Béarn, was the landlord of the territory. The building then belonged to Charles de Colomiès, then to the Casaux family. The current complex consists of a two-story residential building, flanked by side wings. A polygonal tower stands out from the facade on the garden side. Three hatches each light up the attic. The castle is attached to a winery that produces AOC Jurançon wines .

Economy and Infrastructure

Vine of the Petit Manseng variety

The economy of the municipality is primarily determined by agriculture. The location on green hills and vineyards leads to the growing importance of "green" tourism. Cuqueron is located in the AOC zones of the Jurançon and Béarn wine-growing regions and of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made cheese made from sheep's milk.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2014
total = 24

sport and freetime

A 6.3 kilometer circular route with start and end point in Cuqueron leads through the surrounding vineyards.

traffic

Cuqueron can be reached via Route départementale 34.

Web links

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

• Cuqueron on the website of the Coeur de Béarn Tourist Office in Monein and Orthez (French)
• Site of the Castle of Cuqueron
• Cuqueron on the map by Cassini 1750

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Cuqueron. (No longer available online.) Visites en Aquitaine, archived from the original on October 21, 2017 ; Retrieved on May 2, 2017 (French). 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.  
2. ↑ Ma commune: Cuqueron. Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne, accessed on May 2, 2017 (French). 
3. ^ ^{A b} Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées. In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France. Imprimerie nationale, 1863, p. 54 , accessed on May 2, 2017 (French). 
4. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750. David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates, accessed May 2, 2017 . 
5. ^ ^{A b} Notice Communale Cuqueron. EHESS , accessed on May 2, 2017 (French). 
6. ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Cuqueron (64197). INSEE , accessed on May 2, 2017 (French). 
7. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Cuqueron (64197). INSEE , accessed on May 2, 2017 (French). 
8. ^ Église Saint-Michel. (No longer available online.) Visites en Aquitaine, archived from the original on October 21, 2017 ; Retrieved on May 2, 2017 (French). 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.  
9. ↑ Tableau de l'église de Cuqueron. (No longer available online.) Visites en Aquitaine, archived from the original on October 21, 2017 ; Retrieved on May 2, 2017 (French). 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.  
10. ↑ Château de Cuqueron. (No longer available online.) Visites en Aquitaine, archived from the original on October 21, 2017 ; Retrieved on May 2, 2017 (French). 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.  
11. ^ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité. Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité , accessed on May 2, 2017 (French). 
12. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune de Cuqueron (64197). (No longer available online.) INSEE , formerly in the original ; Retrieved on May 2, 2017 (French).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
13. ↑ Circuits de promenades et randonnées pédestres. Coeur de Béarn tourist office in Monein and Orthez, accessed on May 2, 2017 (French).