Lurbe-Saint-Christau

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Lurbe-Saint-Christau
Lurbe-Saint-Christau (France)
Lurbe-Saint-Christau
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1
Community association Haut Bearn
Coordinates 43 ° 7 ′  N , 0 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 7 ′  N , 0 ° 36 ′  W
height 259-1,200 m
surface 7.47 km 2
Residents 195 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64660
INSEE code 64360

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Lurbe-Saint-Christau is a French municipality with 195 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). It belongs to the Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the Canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 (until 2015: Canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-Est ).

The name in the Gascognischen language is Lurbe-Sent Cristau . The residents are called Lurbans .

geography

Lurbe-Saint-Christau is located about 10 km south of Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the Aspetal in the historic province of Béarn .

The highest point in the municipality is below the summit of Mail Arrouy ( 1251  m ).

The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Eysus
Asasp-Arros Neighboring communities Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Escot

Lurbe-Saint-Christau is located in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River .

The Gave d'Aspe , which forms the Gave d'Oloron further downstream at the confluence with the Gave d'Ossau , flows along the western border to the neighboring municipality of Asasp-Arros. Its tributaries also irrigate the territory of the municipality:

  • the Arrec de Lassalle,
  • the Arrec de Bugalas and its tributary,
    • the Arrec de Lanusset, and
  • the Ourtau.

history

The area was probably already settled in prehistory , as evidenced by the discovery of bronze jewelry dating from the Iron Age in 1897 near the thermal spring . In the grotto of Bérénice were 1,976 prehistoric animal finds such as the remains of bones of bison , bears, mountain goats and reindeer and human artifacts from the Iron Age, like u. a. a skullcap or a complete vase with two handles, secured. An ancient bust that was found on the site of today's thermal baths indicates that this place was already regularly visited during this period. The Roman road from Beneharnum ( Lescar ) to Caesaraugusta ( Saragossa ) led past today's municipality.

As a result, the village developed around a commandery on one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela . The Commandery de Buer was founded in 1144 by Gaston IV , called the Crusader , Viscount of Béarn, and was subordinate to the Abbey of Santa Cristina of Somport , later to the Knights Templar . In the census of the Béarn in 1385, 14 households were counted in Lurbe and it was noted that the place belonged to the Bailliage of Oloron. There was a lay monastery that was subordinate to the Viscount de Béarn. A special feature of the community was that Cagots , a group of people who were discriminated against in Spain and France from the 13th to well into the 19th century and largely excluded from social life, made up the majority of the residents, but were shunned by the minority . The community became known during World War II when, in June 1944, maquisards , French partisans of the Resistance , derailed a train coming from Spain in the community area. On August 23, 1955, Saint-Christau was officially added to the municipality of Lurbe.

Toponyms and mentions of Saint-Christau were:

  • Sen-Jacme de Bager (1438, notaries of Oloron, No. 3, sheet 38),
  • Sent-Xristau (against 1443, regulations of the Supreme Court of Béarn),
  • L'ospital de Sanct-Jacme et Sanct-Cristau de Bayer , Saint-Jayme and Sainct-Jaime du Bagé (1538, manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries),
  • la maison de Sainct-Christau et quatre eourcee d'eau (1675, manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries),
  • Saint-Christau (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • La commanderie du Bager d'Eysus vulgairement appelée Saint-Cristau (1777, count of Eysus) and
  • Le Bagès ou Saint-Christau (18th century, administered by Pau ).

Population development

After a peak in the number of over 800 inhabitants in the first half of the 19th century, the number has fallen to around 200 during short recovery phases.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2017
Residents 383 275 269 250 214 235 225 229 195
From 1962 official figures without residents with a secondary residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2009

Attractions

Parish church of Saint-Etienne in Lurbes
  • Parish church consecrated to Saint Stephen . The entrance to the church, which was built on a slight hill in the 17th century, can be reached from the street via a staircase with 37 steps. Over the centuries, numerous alterations were made, including a flat apse with a sacristy , a single nave nave with two side chapels and, in the 19th century, an imposing four-story bell tower on which an octagonal tower rests. The interior of the church contains furnishings , above all an 18th-century altarpiece in the choir , three Louis-quinze- style seats and a 17th-century tabernacle .
  • Castle of Lurbe. It was the seat of the lords of Lurbe-Saint-Christau and probably belonged to the Làas-Lurbe family at all times. The year "1594" is engraved in the keystone of the entrance portal , but it is assumed that the castle was built earlier. Several demolitions have successively reduced the substance. In earlier times there should have been a tower, a spiral staircase and a fireplace that is well worth seeing, which are no longer there today.
  • Thermal spring and thermal baths of Saint-Christau. The thermal bath is located in the middle of a 60 hectare park. Its water contains iron, copper, hydrogen carbonates , calcium and magnesium and is mainly used for healing in dermatology . According to legend, a leper was cured in the Middle Ages , which led to the establishment of a hospital. The Lassale family had today's thermal baths built around the thermal spring in the 18th century.

Economy and Infrastructure

Ossau-Iraty

The community's economy benefits from the thermal spring. Lurbe-Saint-Christau is in the AOC zone of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made cheese made from sheep's milk.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 14

education

Lurbe-Saint-Christau has a public pre-school with 18 pupils in the 2017/2018 school year.

Camino de Santiago logo

sport and freetime

The long-distance hiking trail GR 653 from Toulouse to Jaca , which corresponds to a section of the Via Tolosana , the southernmost of the four historical “ Paths of the Pilgrims of St. James in France ”, leads through the center of the municipality.

The demanding circular route Mail Arrouy leads over a length of 12.5 km and an altitude difference of 950 m above sea level. a. around the Mail Arrouy.

traffic

Lurbe-Saint-Christau can be reached via the Routes départementales 238, 638 and 918 (former Route nationale 618 ).

Line 63 of the TER Aquitaine , a regional train of the national SNCF , serves the route from Pau to Bedous via Oloron-Sainte-Marie, the currently operated part of the Pau-Canfranc railway line . Lurbe-Saint-Christau has a stop on this line.

Personalities

Bernard Labourdette, born on August 13, 1946 in Lurbe-Saint-Christau, was a professional French cyclist, active from 1969 to 1977. He competed eight times in the Tour de France (a stage win in 1971) and four times in the Vuelta a España .

Web links

Commons : Lurbe-Saint-Christau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lurbe-Saint-Christau ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentilé ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  3. ↑ géoportail - Lurbe-Saint-Christau ( fr ) Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière . Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ Ma commune: Lurbe-Saint-Christau ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b c Lurbe-Saint-Christau ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 31, 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 August 31, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  6. ↑ Grotte de Bérénice ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 31, 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 August 31, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  7. ↑ a b Source et station thermale de Saint-Christau ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 31, 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 August 31, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  8. ^ A b Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 71, 189. 1863. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  9. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  10. ↑ Notice Communale Lurbe-Saint-Christau ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  11. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Lurbe-Saint-Christau (64360) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  12. ^ Église Saint-Étienne ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 31, 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 August 31, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  13. ↑ Château de Lurbe ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on August 31, 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 August 31, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / 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 August 31, 2017.
  15. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Lurbe-Saint-Christau (64360) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  16. ^ École maternelle ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  17. ↑ GR® 653 - Sentier vers Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle: Toulouse - Jaca ( fr ) Comité départemental de la Randonnée pédestre des Pyrénées-Atlantiques (CDRP 64). Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  18. ↑ Mail Arrouy La Montagne rouge ( fr , PDF) Tourist Office of the Piémont Oloronais. Retrieved August 31, 2017.