Lespourcy
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès | |
| Community association | North Est Béarn | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 22 ′ N , 0 ° 9 ′ W | |
| height | 260-364 m | |
| surface | 7.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 192 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 27 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64160 | |
| INSEE code | 64338 | |
 Parish Church of Lespourcy |
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Lespourcy is a French municipality with 192 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 Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès (until 2015: canton of Morlaàs ).
The name in the Gascognischen language is Lesporcin . The inhabitants are called Lespourciens and Lespourciennes .
geography
Lespourcy is located about 25 km northeast of Pau in the historic province of Béarn .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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Abère Baleix |
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Sedze-Maubecq | |
| Sedzère | Rust | Lombia |
Lespourcy lies in the catchment area of the Adour River . A tributary of the Lées , the same Lées , also Le Grand Lées called, flows together with its tributary, the Arriutort, through the territory of the municipality. Another tributary of the Lées, the Petit Lées , also irrigates the municipality with its tributaries Ruisseau de Capdelaut and Ruisseau de Pédebosc.
history
Barrows in the area indicate early settlement of the area. A Roman road , the Aire-sur-l'Adour with Lourdes Association, crossed the settlement. Lespourcy was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century. The name of the community comes from the Latin lustra porcina (hiding place for wild boars). During the census in the Béarn in 1385 ten households were counted and it was noted that the place belonged to the Bailliage of Pau. 1649 Lespourcy became the Barony payable to Josué de Lagarde, was the de subsequently to Guillaume Capdevielle.
Toponyms and mentions of Lespourcy were:
- Lustreporci (12th century, according to Pierre de Marca's book Histoire de Béarn , p. 450),
- Lesporssii and Lesporcii (1385 and 12th century, respectively, census in the Béarn),
- Lesporsin and Lespoursin (1546 and 1683, respectively, manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries) and
- Lespourcy (1750, map by Cassini ).
Population development
After a peak of around 340 inhabitants in the middle of the 19th century, the number of inhabitants, with brief recovery phases, fell to around 120 by the end of the 19th century, before the community began to grow moderately.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 152 | 138 | 135 | 112 | 133 | 114 | 147 | 162 | 192 |
Attractions
- Parish church of Lespourcy, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary . A simple Romanesque church may have been built on a fortified man-made mound in the 12th century before being rebuilt and enlarged in 1825. Today's three-aisled nave is closed with a round apse . In 1858 the side aisles, two sacristies and a ribbed vault were added according to plans by the architect Durand. Despite these renovations, the church has retained its Romanesque character. Many furnishings date from the 17th to 20th centuries and are registered as national cultural assets. In the choir , the gaze falls on the magnificent reredos of the main altar , a work by Jean Tournier from 1675. It originally stood in the Dominican monastery church in Morlaàs before it was sold as a national good during the French Revolution . In the bas-relief several scenes of life are Jesus Christ represented Christ on the cross between Mary and John , the homage of the shepherds Adoration of the Magi , the Presentation of the Lord and Jesus' birth. The decoration is completed by serpent columns and foliage . Statues of saints such as Thomas Aquinas , Peter , Vincent, Agnes and Catherine of Siena and Popes Pius V and Gregory XIII. frame the whole. The carved and gilded wood pulpit dates from the mid-18th century and was originally in the former Saint-Martin church in Pau before it was donated to the church in Lespourcy by the Belloc family in the late 19th century. The four stained glass windows show Saints Karl, Felicitas, Joseph and Mary with the baby Jesus and are works by the glass painters Raymon and Sotta from the second half of the 19th century.
- Belloc Castle. It was built in the 18th century on the edge of a park as the seat of the landlord family and rebuilt in the 19th century. The complex comprises a main house and ancillary building for the accommodation of the employees, a barn as well as a chicken and pigsty, which form an inner courtyard in the north. The castle is privately owned and cannot be visited.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture is traditionally the most important economic factor in the municipality.
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traffic
Lespourcy is crossed by Routes départementales 145 and 286.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lespourcy ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ↑ a b Lespourcy ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. 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 18, 2017.
- ↑ Ma commune: Lespourcy ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
- ^ A b Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 100, 1863. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ↑ Notice Communale Lespourcy ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Lespourcy (64338) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Lespourcy (64338) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 15, 2017.
- ↑ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie de Lespourcy ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. 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 2, 2017.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Maître-autel de l'église de l'Assomption-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. 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 2, 2017.
- ↑ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Chaire à prêcher de l'église de l'Assomption-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. 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 2, 2017.
- ↑ Eglise paroissiale de L'Assomption-de la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved June 2, 2017.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Castet de Belloc ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. 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 2, 2017.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Lespourcy (64338) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved July 8, 2017.
