Préchacq-Navarrenx

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Préchacq-Navarrenx
Préchacq-Navarrenx (France)
Préchacq-Navarrenx
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Le Coeur de Bearn
Community association Bearn des Gaves
Coordinates 43 ° 17 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′  N , 0 ° 43 ′  W
height 139-262 m
surface 5.10 km 2
Residents 165 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 32 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64190
INSEE code 64459

Préchacq-Navarrenx is a French municipality with 165 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 ).

The name in the Gascognic language is Preishac-Navarrencs . The inhabitants are called Préchacquais and Préchacquaises .

geography

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

The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Lay-Lamidou
Dognen Neighboring communities Lucq-de-Bearn
Préchacq-Josbaig Saucède

Préchacq-Navarrenx is located in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River on the right bank of the Gave d'Oloron , a tributary of the Gave de Pau . One of its tributaries, the Layoû (or “Layous” written), crosses the area of ​​the municipality.

history

The 1385 census of the Béarn counted 39 households in Préchacq-Navarrenx. This also included the house of a miller, which underlines the importance of the village in that era. Préchacq-Navarrenx was part of the Navarrenx Bailliage . A ferry carried farmers and pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago to Santiago de Compostela to cross the Gave. The French King Louis XVI. wanted to connect Navarrenx with Pau and had a corresponding road built over the heights of Préchacq-Navarrenx, which is now called Chemin Royal ( German Royal Way ).  

Toponyms and mentions of Préchacq-Navarrenx were:

  • Prexag (11th century, documents of the documents of the Vicomté des Béarn),
  • Prexac-d'Arribere (1368, notaries from Lucq ),
  • Presxac (1385, census in the Béarn),
  • la nau de Prexac e lo passadge d'aquere (1385, ferry to cross the Gave d'Oloron, notaries from Navarrenx),
  • Prexacq-de-Rivere and Prechac-deça (1548 and 1675, respectively, reformation de Béarn , manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries),
  • Prechacq de Navarreins (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • Prechacq Navarreinz (1793, Notice Communale ),
  • Prechacq-Navarreins (1801, Bulletin des Lois ) and
  • Préchacq-Navarrenx (1863, Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées).

Population development

After a peak of 450 inhabitants in the middle of the 19th century, the number fell to around 150 during short recovery phases by the turn of the millennium. In the following period, moderate growth was recorded, which has recently stagnated again.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2017
Residents 218 200 197 173 161 152 162 171 165
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

  • Parish church dedicated to Maria Magdalena . It was built at the end of the 19th century according to plans by the architect Casanave. Its specialty is the pink exterior plaster, which emphasizes the white stone that surrounds the windows and entrances. Access to the interior of the church is via a porch below the four-meter-wide square bell tower . The weight of the upper parts of the tower is distributed by two lateral, eight-meter-high buttresses . His helmet , covered with slate, ends at the top with a wrought-iron cross decorated with volutes . The bell tower has four floors. The first conceals the arched entrance portal with two archivolts . A two meter high and 50 cm wide opening brings light to the second floor, while on the third floor a glazed ocular in the form of a rose window provides brightness. Twin windows break through the facade on three sides at the level of the fourth floor. The nave is four bays long and offers space for three naves , which are separated by arched arcades. It ends with a semicircular apse and is covered with a false barrel vault. The vault of the choir is embellished with a painting that illustrates the motif of the Ascension of Christ .

Economy and Infrastructure

Ossau-Iraty

Corn cultivation and handicrafts are important economic factors in the community. Préchacq-Navarrenx is located in the AOC zones of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk, as well as the pig breed and the ham "Kintoa".

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 19

education

The community has a public primary school with 25 students in the 2017/2018 school year.

traffic

Préchacq-Navarrenx is crossed by Routes départementales 25 and 27 and is connected to other communes in the department by a line from the Transports 64 bus network via Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Navarrenx.

Web links

Commons : Préchacq-Navarrenx  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Préchacq-Navarrenx ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentilé ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Préchacq-Navarrenx ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b Préchacq-Navarrenx ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 10, 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 November 10, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  5. ^ A b Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 139, 1863. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  6. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Notice Communale Préchacq-Navarrenx ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Préchacq-Navarrenx (64459) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Préchacq-Navarrenx (64459) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 10, 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 November 10, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  11. ↑ Clocher-porche de l'église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 10, 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 November 10, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  12. ↑ église paroissiale Sainte-Marie-Madeleine ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  13. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  14. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Préchacq-Navarrenx (64459) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  15. ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 10, 2017.