Escou
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie | |
| Canton | Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2 | |
| Community association | Haut Bearn | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 11 ′ N , 0 ° 32 ′ W | |
| height | 271-416 m | |
| surface | 6.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 414 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 67 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64870 | |
| INSEE code | 64207 | |
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Escou is a French municipality with 414 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 Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the Canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2 (until 2015: Canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-Est ).
The name in the Gascognic language is Escor . The inhabitants are called Escounois and Escounoises .
geography
Escou is located about 10 km east of Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the historic province of Béarn .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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| Herrère | Ogeu-les-Bains |
Escou is located in the catchment area of the Adour River . A tributary of the Gave d'Oloron , the Escou, crosses the municipality with its tributaries
- Ruisseau Bidou,
- Ruisseau Hauret,
- Ruisseau de Claverie,
- Ruisseau Sarailles and
- Arrigastou with the inflow
- Fossé le Rieu Marsous.
In addition, the Ruisseau Moulias and the Ruisseau Labronze, a tributary of the Aurance, irrigate the municipality's territory.
history
An early settlement of the area can be traced back to the Neolithic Age based on the dolmen finds .
The first toponyms and mentions of Escou were:
- Escoo (1380, contracts of the notary Luntz),
- Scoo (1546, manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries) and
- Sent Pierre d'Escou (1656, incorporated into the Diocese of Oloron ).
In the 1385 census of the Béarn eleven households were counted in Escou and it was noted that the parish is in the Bailliage of Oloron.
As a result, Escou was the seat of the manorial estate , which also included today's neighboring communities of Escout and Herrère.
Population development
After an initial high of over 500 inhabitants in the first half of the 19th century, the number fell by a total of over 50% with short growth phases up to the 1970s. Since then, it has grown due to its proximity to Oloron-Sainte-Marie.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 285 | 273 | 232 | 273 | 318 | 319 | 385 | 385 | 414 |
Attractions
- Parish church dedicated to the apostle Simon Peter . The original church was built in 1688, as evidenced by an inscription above the arcade of the entrance at the foot of the bell tower . Its dilapidated condition at the end of the 19th century led to it being demolished and rebuilt, with the exception of the bell tower. The single nave nave is closed with a semicircular apse . Two side chapels form a false transept. The vault of the choir is embellished with wall paintings , the stained glass windows are works by the Mauméjean stained glass from Pau, famous in the region .
- Capeig House. The building near the parish church was built in the 17th century and restored in the 19th century. It was owned by the Bordes family, then the Capeig family, whose certain members were mayors of the community and who gave the house its name. Because of its architecture and decoration, it was the most magnificent building in town at the time. As a result, a medical officer built a pavilion in the garden, which should serve as a burial place for him. In 1928 the house was inherited with the aim of setting up a retirement home here. From 1933 it housed various religious orders , most recently that of the sœurs de Saint-Brieux . The sisters played an important social role in the community during this period, supervising children, teaching housekeeping and providing medical assistance. Since the last sister's departure in 1970, the house has remained uninhabited and is falling apart like the pavilion in the garden.
- Escou dolmen. The dolmen was discovered during a clearing between 1970 and 1975. It was about three scattered stone slabs, which were built into a dolmen after their discovery. The cover plate measures three meters in length and 1.5 meters in width. It rests on two supports that delimit a burial chamber two meters long and 90 centimeters wide. Examination of the stone slabs has confirmed that they originally formed a dolmen and that they are made of the same stone material as the dolmens of Précilhon and Escout . There are several megaliths on the way to Buzy , a sign of a connection between the valleys in the pastures at that time.
Economy and Infrastructure
Escou is located in the AOC zone of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made hard cheese made from sheep's milk.
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education
The municipality has a public preschool with 70 children in the 2016/2017 school year.
traffic
Escou can be reached via routes départementales 116 and 516.
Line 63 of the TER Aquitaine , a regional train of the national SNCF , serves the route from Pau to Bedous via Oloron-Sainte-Marie, the part of the Pau-Canfranc railway that operates today . The railroad crosses the municipality, but the municipality has not had a stopping point since it was closed in 1970.
Web links
- Escou on the association's website (French)
- Escou on the website of the Tourist Office of the Association of Municipalities (French)
- Website of the canton tourist office (French)
- Website of the AOP Ossau-Iraty association (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Escou ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentile ( fr ) habitant.fr. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ Ma commune: Escou ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ a b Escou ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. 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. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ a b Table dolmenique d'Escou ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on May 13, 2017. ( 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.
- ^ A b Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 60, 1863. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ Notice Communale Escou ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune d'Escou (64207) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ Église Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on May 13, 2017. ( 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.
- ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ Maison Capeig ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on May 13, 2017. ( 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.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune d'Escou (64207) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved on May 13, 2017. ( 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.
- ^ École maternelle ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
