Lay-Lamidou

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Lay-Lamidou
Lay-Lamidou (France)
Lay-Lamidou
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Le Coeur de Bearn
Community association Bearn des Gaves
Coordinates 43 ° 18 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 18 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W
height 146-266 m
surface 5.47 km 2
Residents 118 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64190
INSEE code 64326

Lay-Lamidou is a French municipality with 118 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 Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the canton of Le Cœur de Béarn (until 2015: canton of Navarrenx ).

geography

Lay-Lamidou is located about 15 km northwest of Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the historic province of Béarn .

The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Ogenne camp site
Dognen Neighboring communities Lucq-de-Bearn
Préchacq-Navarrenx

Lay-Lamidou is located in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River . The Layou and the Laus, tributaries of the Gave d'Oloron , flow through the territory of the municipality.

history

An ax of bronze , which during archaeological excavations at the site of a former fortified camp called turon dous Mourous was found dates from the early history and occupies an early settlement.

The former parish of Lay is first mentioned in the scriptures in the 13th century. Towards the end of the Middle Ages it had more inhabitants than the former municipality of Lamidou, which was only a few hundred meters away. The 1385 census in the Béarn recorded 24 households in Lay and eight households in Lamidou, and it was noted that both towns were part of the Navarrenx Bailliage . A former pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela crosses Lay. Another specialty of Lay is its minerals, which consist of yellowish, clayey sandstone that contains iron oxide . This rock is called boulétz de Lay . The village of Lamidou had a noble estate and a lay monastery very early on. At the end of the 16th century it belonged to the Lord of Mesplès, landlord of Susmiou , and in the course of the following centuries it came into the possession of the Baron von Orognen.

On April 18, 1842, the former parishes of Lay and Lamidou merged to form the parish of Lay-Lamidou.

Toponyms and mentions of Lay were:

  • Lay (1205, documents from Bérérenx, now part of Navarrenx) and
  • Sent-Pee de Lay (1412, Navarrenx Notaries, sheet 65).

Toponyms and mentions of Lamidou were:

  • Lamito (11th century, according to Pierre de Marca's book Histoire de Béarn , p. 272),
  • Laymidoo (1376, manuscript from 1376, sheet 64),
  • Lamidoo (1385, census in the Béarn),
  • Lamidon (1546, collection of manuscripts from the 16th to 18th centuries),
  • Lamidon (1750, 1793 and 1801, map from Cassini , Notice Communale and Bulletin des lois, respectively ) and
  • Lamidou (1863, Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées).

Population development

After a peak in the number of inhabitants of around 360 after the merger of the two former municipalities of Lay and Lamidou in 1842, the number fell to a level of around 120 inhabitants, which is still held today, during short recovery phases until the 1970s.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2017
Residents 142 141 105 131 117 123 118 119 118
Until 1836 only residents of Lay, from 1841 of Lay-Lamidou
From 1962 official figures without residents with second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

  • Parish church in Lay, dedicated to St. Peter . After the simple previous building was destroyed by Protestant troops in the Huguenot Wars of the 16th century, the parish church was rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries. An imposing bell tower rises above the entrance , which is equipped with a hood and a roof turret . The entrance portal has a double archivolt made of white stone and is closed with an iron grille with a cross at the top. To the left behind the entrance is a pew made of dark oak, which was reserved for the aristocrats of the community. It consists of three nested armchairs, only the armchair in the middle has a backrest. The bench measures 2.50 m in width and 40 cm in height, the backrest in the middle 1.15 m. The front legs are in the shape of balusters and the four armrests are curved. The altarpiece from the 18th century fills the entire choir of the church, is made of gilded wood and comes in various intense colors, especially green, blue and red tones. It consists of three parts, with an oil painting in the middle that depicts the crucifixion of Christ . On the left and right are niches with a height of 1.80 m and a width of 80 cm, the golden frames of which are curved in the upper part. Their brown background contrasts with the fine gold cladding of the statues that fill the niches. They are depictions of the patron saint of the church, St. Peter on the left and St. Paul on the right. A noticeable difference in the execution of the faces of the statues suggests the work of two different artists. Both saints bear their attributes , Peter carries the keys to Paradise and Paul waves the sword of his martyrdom in his right hand. The names of the saints are indicated below the statues in golden letters in green rectangles, each with the addition "ORA PRO NOBIS" ( German  pray for us ). The niches are framed by columns of Corinthian order , which carry temple gables , so that the impression arises that the statues are standing in front of the facades of temples. At the top of the reredos, below the choir ceiling, God the Father emerges from a cloud, surrounded by putti heads .
  • Prehistoric camp. The system with section walls consisted of three parts and is one of the most important in the south-west. The elliptical area of ​​the earthfill measures 200 m × 100 m. The facility was surrounded by an earth wall around 20 m high. Due to its strategic location, the complex will certainly have been reused for defense purposes in the Middle Ages.

Economy and Infrastructure

Ossau-Iraty

Agriculture has traditionally been an important economic factor in the municipality. Lay-Lamidou is located in the AOC zones of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk, and the ham "Kintoa".

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2014
total = 15

traffic

Lay-Lamidou is connected to Routes départementales 2, 25, 27 and 419 and is connected to Pau and other communes in the department by a line from the Transports 64 bus network .

Web links

Commons : Lay-Lamidou  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ma commune: Lay-Lamidou ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c Lay-Lamidou ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on July 20, 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  3. ↑ a b Castera dou touron dous mourous ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on July 20, 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  4. ↑ a b c d Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 91, 97. 1863. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  5. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ Notice Communale Lamidou ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ Notice Communale Lay-Lamidou ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  8. ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Lay-Lamidou (64326) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Lay-Lamidou (64326) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  10. ^ Église Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on July 20, 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  11. ↑ Banc des notables de l'église Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on July 20, 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  12. ^ Retable de l'église Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on July 20, 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  13. ^ Statues du retable de l'église Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on July 20, 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  14. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved July 20, 2017.
  15. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune de Lay-Lamidou (64326) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 20, 2017.