Mourenx
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Le Cœur de Béarn (main town) | |
| Community association | Lacq-Orthez | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 23 ′ N , 0 ° 36 ′ W | |
| height | 95-182 m | |
| surface | 6.34 km 2 | |
| Residents | 6,485 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,023 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64150 | |
| INSEE code | 64410 | |
Mourenx is a French municipality with 6485 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The parish was not formed until 1957. It is the capital of the canton of Le Cœur de Béarn (until 2015: municipality in the canton of Lagor ) in the arrondissement of Pau .
geography
The city is located on the Bayse River about two kilometers before it flows into the Gave de Pau . Other rivers that cross the municipality are the Baysère , the Luzoué and the Geü .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2017 |
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| 8 760 | 10 734 | 9 469 | 9 036 | 7 460 | 7 576 | 7 550 | 6,485 |
Viticulture
The place belongs to the Béarn wine region .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Charles Moureu (1863–1929), French chemist
Web links
Commons : Mourenx - collection of images, videos and audio files
