Labastide-Monrejeau
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Artix and Pays de Soubestre | |
| Community association | Lacq-Orthez | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 24 ′ N , 0 ° 31 ′ W | |
| height | 111-260 m | |
| surface | 8.19 km 2 | |
| Residents | 589 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 72 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64170 | |
| INSEE code | 64290 | |
| Website | www.labastide-monrejeau.fr | |
Labastide-Monréjeau is a French municipality with 589 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 and the canton of Artix et Pays de Soubestre (until 2015: canton of Arthez-de-Béarn ).
The name in the Gascognischen language is La Bastida Montrejau .
geography
Labastide-Monréjeau is located approx. 25 km northwest of Pau in the historical province of Béarn .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
| Serres-Sainte-Marie | Cescau | |
| Artix |
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Denguin |
| Labastide-Cézéracq |
Labastide-Monréjeau lies in the catchment area of the Adour River . The Ruisseau Laulouze, a tributary of the Gave de Pau , flows together with one of its tributaries, the Habernet, through the territory of the municipality.
history
Barrows and, above all, the discovery of a hand ax , a tool from the Neolithic Age , are evidence of the early occupation of the municipality by people. At the beginning of the era, one of the largest Roman military camps in what is now southwestern France was built on the territory of the municipality . Its surface of around ten hectares offered space for 20,000 to 30,000 people, protected by a 15 m high ring wall. The dating can be done using the objects found on the area, a millstone and pottery shards.
In 1350 the village was built as a bastide to monitor the Gavetal and the salt road that ran below the village. This location contributed to the prosperity of the community and explains its relative size at that time. In the 1385 census in Béarn, 37 households were recorded in Labastide-Monréjeau and it was noted that the place belonged to the Bailliage of Pau. The households of pastors, craftsmen and doctors were recorded. In the following years Labastide-Monréjeau was the headquarters of the notary's office in a district that included around a dozen of the surrounding communities. At the end of the 18th century the bastide was abandoned and the town center was moved away from the thoroughfares to the foot of the wooded hill above the Gavetal.
Toponyms and mentions of Labastide-Monréjeau were:
- Mont-Reyau (1352, notaries of Pardies ),
- La Bastide de Mont-Reyau (1385, census),
- La Bastide-Monreyau (1440, population census),
- Labastide Monréjau (1793, Notice Communale) and
- (La) Bastide-Monréjau (1863, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque).
Population development
After the first highs of the population of over 300 in the first half of the 19th century, the number fell by around half to around 150 by the 1950s. Since then, the church has grown rapidly.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 151 | 180 | 190 | 194 | 304 | 349 | 445 | 519 | 589 |
Attractions
- Parish church dedicated to the apostle John . It was built in the 16th century, surrounded by the cemetery. Its long building houses a nave , its roof and the pyramid roof of the bell tower's helm is covered with slate , as in most churches in the region . In 1866, restoration and enlargement work was carried out according to plans by the architect Henri d'Arnaudat. A statue of Mary , mother of Jesus Christ , is placed on an altar in the church dedicated to her. The work corresponds exactly to the iconography issued in the 19th century after the Marian apparitions in Lourdes . She wears a white coat and a white dress with a blue belt. With her hands closed in prayer, her face turned slightly to heaven, she wears a rosary that hangs down from her right forearm to her leg. The only deviation from the model of Mary of Lourdes is the crown with gemstones, which was added later. A painting is hung on a wall in the interior, depicting a scene with Mary with baby Jesus and John the Baptist . It shows Maria sitting with a gentle look at her child, which she is holding on her knees. John at her side also looks at Jesus and touches his leg. The scene is bathed in a semi-darkness with a background of plants and rocks. A small plaque on the lower edge of the frame indicates that the painting is a gift from the Emperor Napoleon . As a counterpart, another mural shows St. Jacob with his traditional attributes , the habit of a monk with a cloak, a long walking stick with a cross on top with a canteen, and a necklace with clam shells. He wears a halo and stands barefoot in a wild landscape with his left hand on his heart. The picture is a gift from Mr. Balague in 1870, as indicated by a small plaque on the lower edge of the frame. The large stone, hemispherical baptismal font of the church is kept simple, only decorated with a slight protrusion on the upper edge. The basin rests on a round foot with an octagonal base, which stands on a gray square base. The holy water is covered with a conical metal hood with a cross at the top.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture and services are important economic factors in the community.
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education
The community has a public primary school.
sport and freetime
The circular route Les crêtes de l'Aubin for mountain bikes leads over a length of 37.4 km through the municipality and over the wooded hills near Labastide-Monréjeau with a view of the Pyrenees and the Gave Valley.
traffic
Labastide-Monréjeau can be reached via local roads that lead to Routes départementales 32 and 817 (former Route nationale 117 ).
The Autoroute A64 , called La Pyrénéenne , crosses the local area. Exit 9 is partly on the municipal area, designed as a trumpet in a right-hand shape, and is connected to the D 817 via a roundabout.
The railway line from Pau to Bayonne also crosses the municipality, but Labastide-Monréjeau has no stopping point.
Web links
- Labastide-Monréjeau on the website of the Coeur de Béarn Tourist Office in Monein and Orthez (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Labastide-Monréjeau ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ↑ Ma commune: Labastide-Monréjeau ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ↑ a b Regional Council of Aquitaine: Labastide-Monréjeau ( 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 June 24, 2017.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Castera de Labastide-Monréjeau ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 24, 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. 23, 1863. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Labastide-Monréjeau ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Labastide-Monréjeau (64290) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Labastide-Monréjeau (64290) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ↑ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Église Saint-Jean ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 24, 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-Jean ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Vierge de l'église de Labastide-Monréjeau ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 24, 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.
- ↑ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Tableau de la Vierge à l'Enfant avec saint Jean Baptiste ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 24, 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.
- ^ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Tableau de saint Jacques de l'église de Labastide-Monréjeau ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 24, 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.
- ↑ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Fonts baptismaux de l'église de Labastide-Monréjeau ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 24, 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.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune de Labastide-Monréjeau (64290) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
- ↑ Circuit N ° 9 Les crêtes de l'Aubin ( fr , PDF) Tourist office of Coeur de Béarn in Monein and Orthez. Retrieved on June 24, 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.
