Moumour
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie | |
| Canton | Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 | |
| Community association | Haut Bearn | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 13 ′ N , 0 ° 39 ′ W | |
| height | 177-324 m | |
| surface | 8.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 841 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 104 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64400 | |
| INSEE code | 64409 | |
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Moumour is a French municipality with 841 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-Ouest ).
The name in the Gascognischen language is Momor . The residents are called Moumourais and Moumouraises .
geography
Moumour is located about 5 km northwest of Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the historic province of Béarn .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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| Esquiule | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
Moumour is located in the catchment area of the Adour River on the left bank of the Gave d'Oloron , a tributary of the Gave de Pau . The Ruisseau de Lamiellotte, the Vert and the Ruisseau de Tastillat, tributaries of the Gave d'Oloron, cross the territory of the municipality.
history
At the beginning there was a guard at the confluence of the Vert and Gave d'Oloron, from which a castle gradually developed, the foundations of which date from the 10th and 11th centuries. This and the small settlement came into the possession of the Viscounts of Béarn in the 11th century . The Moncade landlord had robbed the merchants who had perished on the old street to the left of the Gave. This made the Bishop of Oloron, Bernard de Morlanne, step in. He turned to Margurite de Mocade, who was the Viscount Gaston VI. who was at war in Spain at the time. Margurite did not hesitate long to depose the landlord of Moumour and to expropriate the castle from him. Like much of the Occitan nobility, the Viscounts of Béarn were allied with the Cathars . After their downfall, the Viscount Gaston VI. excommunicated in 1212 . In 1215 Moumour was given in return for forgiveness to the bishops of Oloron, who set up their summer residence there and kept the property until the French Revolution , with the exception of a few years during the Huguenot Wars . The 1385 census of the Béarn counted 55 households in Moumour and the village was part of the Bailliage of Oloron. The population consisted mainly of clergy and because of this ecclesiastical status Moumour was particularly affected by the Huguenot Wars in the 16th century. Then as now, Moumour is located on one of the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela . The passing pilgrims did not linger too long to venerate St. Helena , mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine and patron saint of the community. As in many surrounding villages, a textile manufacture developed in Moumour in the 18th century. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Compagnie du Chemin de fer Pau-Oloron-Mauléon et du Tramway de Bayonne à Biarritz u. a. a local railway line from Oloron-Sainte-Marie to Sauveterre-de-Béarn , which also served Moumour.
Toponyms and mentions of Moumour were:
- lo casteg do Momor (1249, notaries from Oloron, No. 4, sheet 50),
- Montmoo (1322, Treaties of the Josbaig Valley),
- Montmor and Monmoo (1379 and 1383, contracts of the notary Luntz, sheet 9),
- Monmor (1385, census in the Béarn),
- Sent-Johan de Momor (1463, notaries from Oloron, No. 4, sheet 33),
- Momou (1675, manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries),
- Moumou (1727, census of Legugnon (now part of the municipality of Oloron-Sainte-Marie)) and
- Moumour (1750, 1793 and 1801, map from Cassini , Notice Communale or Bulletin des lois ).
Population development
After a peak of the population of over 1000 at the beginning of the records in the late 18th century, the number reduced to around 410 during short recovery phases until after the Second World War , before pronounced growth began, especially in the 1980s, which continues to this day.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 527 | 545 | 506 | 744 | 698 | 731 | 764 | 845 | 841 |
Attractions
Parish Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
The first church dedicated to John the Baptist existed at the end of the 12th century. As this was partially destroyed in the Huguenot Wars, today's church was rebuilt in the same place in the middle of the 17th century. Around 1730, Bishop de Revol had the church rebuilt. In particular, the current sacristy was built to enlarge the choir . As a result, synods were held and ordinations were celebrated in the church . Until the end of the 19th century the church had four chapels dedicated to John the Baptist, the Virgin Mary , the souls in purgatory and Mary Magdalene . The last two chapels mentioned were in poor condition and due to a lack of maintenance funds, they were demolished between 1890 and 1900. Extensive renovation work took place in the early 1990s. The church houses many remarkable furnishings , including an 18th century altar made of painted and gilded wood, statues made of gilded wood, busts of Popes Benedict VIII and Pius V in the choir, a tabernacle in the Lady Chapel, a holy water font and seven paintings by the painter Jean-Baptiste Smets.
Castle of Moumour
It was first mentioned in the 11th century, damaged in the 16th century during the Huguenot Wars, then rebuilt and rebuilt several times over the years. In the 18th century the castle had a dining room, a lounge, kitchens and an orangery on the ground floor . At the beginning of the French Revolution, the castle was expropriated in 1789 and sold on March 3, 1791 to the Lamothe family, who added one floor and created a park. Nowadays the castle is used as a holiday accommodation with guest rooms.
Of the medieval castle, only the pentagonal keep has survived as a ruin over the centuries. On June 27, 1830, the 23 m high tower was damaged by a lightning strike and the owner family lowered it by eight meters. Its height is only ten meters today compared to 1958, when the tower was 15 meters high. The walls were once 1.3 m thick and covered with slate . At the time of the Middle Ages the tower had three levels, as the consoles show. The ground floor, which is now illuminated by modern windows, only had two simple loopholes at the time . For security reasons, access to the tower is currently walled up.
Economy and Infrastructure
Moumour is located in the AOC zones of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally produced semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk, as well as the pig breed and the ham "Kintoa".
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education
Moumour has a public preschool and elementary school with 83 pupils in the 2017/2018 school year.
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sport and freetime
- The GR 78 long-distance hiking trail from Carcassonne to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port runs through the center of the municipality. It follows a byway of the Camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela .
- A 6.4 km long circular path with a height difference of 110 m leads on foot or by bike from the center of the municipality into the wooded area.
traffic
Moumour is crossed by Routes départementales 424 and 936 (former Route nationale 636 ) and is connected to other communes in the department by a line from the Transports 64 bus network via Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Mauléon-Licharre .
Web links
- Moumour on the website of the former municipal association (French)
- "Transports 64" bus from the department (French)
- Site of the Castle of Moumour (French)
- Website of the AOP Ossau-Iraty association (French)
- Filière Porc Basque website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moumour ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentilé ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Ma commune: Moumour ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d Pascal & Simon Roncalez: Moumour ( fr ) Pascal & Simon Roncalez. April 22, 1999. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Moumour ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on October 8, 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 October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Moumour ( fr ) Former association of communes du Piémont Oloronais . Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ^ Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. Pp. 119, 1863. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Moumour ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Moumour (64409) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Moumour (64409) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on October 8, 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 October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Château de Moumour ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on October 8, 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 October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Donjon du château de Moumour ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on October 8, 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 October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Moumour (64409) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ^ École maternelle et élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ GR®78: le chemin du piémont pyrénéen ( fr ) Comité Régional de la Randonnée Pédestre Midi-Pyrénées. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ↑ La résidence d'été des évêques ( fr , PDF) Former community association Communes du Piémont Oloronais . Retrieved October 8, 2017.
