Lauret (Landes)

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Lauret
Lauret (France)
Lauret
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Country
Arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan
Canton Chalosse Tursan
Community association Chalosse Tursan
Coordinates 43 ° 34 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 34 ′  N , 0 ° 21 ′  W
height 117-237 m
surface 7.34 km 2
Residents 85 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 40320
INSEE code 40148

Parish Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Lauret is a French municipality with 85 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of land in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Mont-de-Marsan and the canton of Chalosse Tursan (until 2015: canton of Geaune ).

The name in the Gascognischen language is also Lauret . Its origin is unclear. It could come from the Gascon tèrra laurada ( German  ordered field ) or the Gascon laur ( German  laurel ).

The inhabitants are called Laurétois and Laurétoises .

geography

Lauret is located about 40 km south of Mont-de-Marsan in the Tursan region of the historic Gascogne province on the southern border with the neighboring Pyrénées-Atlantiques department .

At 237 m, the municipality has the highest point in the department.

Lauret is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Miramont-Sensacq
Pimbo Neighboring communities Garlin
(Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
Poursiugues-Boucoue (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) Boueilh-Boueilho-Lasque (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

Lauret lies in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River .

Tributaries of the Adour irrigate the territory of the municipality,

  • the bahus and
  • the Gabas with its tributaries,
    • the Ruisseau l'Arriutort and
    • the Bas that rises in Lauret.

history

Population development

After records began, the population rose to a high of around 325 by the first half of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 70 inhabitants with brief recovery phases by the 1990s, before a moderate growth phase began that is now still going on.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2017
Residents 98 98 77 79 71 74 78 82 85
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste

The church dedicated to John the Baptist was built in 1889. Your building has a choir in a semicircular apse and a nave with a nave and an adjacent aisle to the north. The apse, with its visible, regular masonry connection, forms a contrast to the otherwise plastered facade of the church. The bell tower above the vestibule is equipped with twin arched windows on each side and a polygonal, slate- covered helmet . At the base of the helmet at each corner of the tower there are pyramid-shaped roof turrets , which are also covered with slate.

Economy and Infrastructure

Lauret is located in the AOC zone of the Tursan wine region.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
Total = 7

traffic

Lauret is crossed by Route départementale 314.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lauret ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Landes ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Lauret ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Notice Communale Lauret ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  5. ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Lauret (40148) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ Populations légales 2015 Commune de Lauret (40148) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  7. ^ Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste ( fr ) Observatoire du patrimoine religieux. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  8. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  9. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Lauret (40148) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 8, 2018.