Denguin
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
Arrondissement | Pau | |
Canton | Artix and Pays de Soubestre | |
Community association | Pau Bearn Pyrenees | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 22 ′ N , 0 ° 30 ′ W | |
height | 120-271 m | |
surface | 12.29 km 2 | |
Residents | 1,747 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 142 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 64230 | |
INSEE code | 64198 | |
Website | www.denguin.fr/ | |
Town Hall ( Mairie ) Denguin |
Denguin is a French commune with 1,747 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . It is part of the canton of Artix et Pays de Soubestre (until 2015: canton of Lescar ) in the Pau arrondissement .
geography
The municipality is located at the foot of the Pyrenees , around 15 kilometers west of Pau , on the right (northeast) bank of the Gave de Pau river . Denguin is part of the Pau agglomeration and is crossed by the A64 autoroute , which corresponds to the E80 and leads from Bayonne to Pau.
The two settlements Vignoles and Mounou-Bergé also belong to the municipality .
history
In the Middle Ages, Denguin was under the Bailiwick of Pau and there was a lay monastery on site that was dependent on the Vice-County of Béarn . Such monasteries, called Abbaye laïque , were very typical of the French Pyrenees region at the time. The archivist Paul Raymond calculated in the 19th century that there were 46 taxable households ( Feux fiscaux ) in Denguin in 1385 .
In 1654 a barony was formed, which included the places Denguin, Vignoles and Aussevielle and was subordinate to the Vice-County of Béarn.
Toponyms
In ancient scriptures, Denguin also appears under the following names:
- Denguii in the 11th century in the cartulary of Morlaàs
- Danginum 1101, ibid
- Dengui 1104 in the cartulary of Lescar
- Dengunum and Denguinum in the 13th century in the Titres de Béarn
- Danguii 1385 in the Censier de Béarn
- Dengii 1402 ibid
- Dengun 1535 in the Réformation de Béarn
- Danguin 1675 ibid
The district of Vignoles was also known by the following names:
- Binholes 1286 in the Titres de Béarn
- Vinholes 1385 in the Censier de Béarn
coat of arms
Blazon : a gold and green roughened heart shield in silver.
Population development
year | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
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Residents | 407 | 377 | 386 | 473 | 496 | 749 | 969 | 1,322 | 1,462 | 1,726 |
economy
Denguin is one of the communities that is allowed to market its hard cheese made from sheep's milk under the protected designation of origin Ossau-Iraty AOC .
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church from the 18th century
Personalities
The famous French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu was born on August 1st, 1930 in Denguin and grew up there.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque .
- ↑ Cartulaire de l'évêché de Lescar . In: Pierre de Marca: Les preuves de l'histoire de Béarn .
- ↑ Titres de la vicomté de Béarn , Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
- ↑ Manuscrit du XIV e siècle , Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
- ^ Manuscrit du XVI e siècle au XVIII e siècle , Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques