Lacq
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Artix and Pays de Soubestre | |
| Community association | Lacq-Orthez | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 25 ′ N , 0 ° 37 ′ W | |
| height | 88-190 m | |
| surface | 17.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 732 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 43 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64170 | |
| INSEE code | 64300 | |
| Website | Lacq | |
 Lacq - natural gas refinery |
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Lacq is a town in southwestern France and a municipality with 732 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Aquitaine region .
Location and climate
The place Lacq is located on the north bank of the Gave de Pau in the north of the historical province of Béarn at an altitude of about 115 m . The cities of Pau and Orthez are about 25 km (driving distance) southeast and 18 km northwest respectively. The climate is temperate; Rain (approx. 970 mm / year) falls over the year.
Population development
| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1954 | 1999 | 2015 |
| Residents | 531 | 661 | 550 | 442 | 658 | 735 |
Despite the mechanization of agriculture and the resulting loss of jobs, the population of the municipality remained essentially constant in the second half of the 20th century. The village of Audéjos , which was incorporated in 1972 and has around 100 residents, also belongs to the municipality .
economy
- The underground below Lacq contains sulfur in the form of gaseous hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), from which crystalline sulfur is produced by oxidation, which can then be transported and processed.
- France's largest natural gas field is located near Lacq .
- The first French demonstration plant was built in Lacq, in which the entire chain of the oxyfuel process , from oxygen production to the storage of carbon dioxide in a former natural gas deposit , is tested on an industrial scale. In the period from 2009 to 2013, a total of more than 51,000 tons of carbon dioxide were separated, piped into an exhausted natural gas field 30 km away and stored there. Possible effects on the environment were observed until 2016. The purpose of the project was to demonstrate the technical feasibility, to gather experience and data to apply the technology using a larger volume industrial process, and to develop methodologies for geological surveying and monitoring of sites.
history
In the municipal area several prehistoric were barrows (tumuli) detected. Later finds near today's church suggest a settlement in Gallo-Roman times . There was a ferry here in the late Middle Ages. Today's municipality emerged from the merger of the former municipalities Lacq and Audéjos , which belonged to two different cantons. The affiliation to the cantons of that time still exists today.
Attractions
The churches of Lacq and Audéjos date from the early 20th century.
Parish partnership
Lacq has a partnership with the Spanish municipality of San Quintín de Mediona in Catalonia.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lacq - climate tables
- ↑ Final report on CCS pilot project in Lacq, France, presented . IZ Klima - Information Center for CO2 Technologies eV Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Info: The archive link has been 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 January 17, 2017.
- ↑ Lacq - story
