Séméacq-Blachon

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Séméacq-Blachon
Séméacq-Blachon (France)
Séméacq-Blachon
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh
Community association North Est Béarn
Coordinates 43 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 30 ′  N , 0 ° 7 ′  W
height 153-298 m
surface 10.92 km 2
Residents 167 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 15 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64350
INSEE code 64517

Séméacq-Blachon town hall

Séméacq-Blachon is a French municipality with 167 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 Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh (until 2015: canton of Lembeye ).

The name in the Gascognic language is Semiac-Blaishon .

The inhabitants are called Séméacquois and Séméacquoises or Blachonnais and Blachonnaises .

geography

Séméacq-Blachon is about 40 kilometers northeast of Pau in the Vic-Bilh region of the historic province of Béarn on the northeastern edge of the department.

Séméacq-Blachon is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Aurion-Idernes Crouseilles
Lasserre
Arricau Bordes Neighboring communities Monpezat
Castillon Corbère-Abères Moncaup

Séméacq-Blachon lies in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River . The Larcis , a tributary of the Lées , marks the border with the neighboring municipalities of Crouseilles, Lasserre, Monpezat and Moncaup to the east. Its tributaries, Ruisseau de Sourvayet and Ruisseau de Touet, cross the territory of the commune of Séméacq-Blachon.

history

The villages of Séméacq and Blachon, which merged in 1790, had a certain importance in the Middle Ages due to their strategic location on heights above the valley of Larcis. Several early historical barrows that were discovered in the municipality suggest an early settlement of the region. Signs of an estate from the Gallo-Roman period have also been found. The 1385 census in Béarn counted around 30 households in Séméacq, including a blacksmith, a pastor and a landlord . There was also a neighborhood in the parish that was inhabited by Cagots . These formed a group of people who from the 13th to well into the 19th century were discriminated against in Spain and France for reasons still unknown, spatially separated from the rest of the residents and largely excluded from social life. Blachon, on the other hand, had only five houses and belonged to the Bailliage of Lembeye , but had a lay monastery since 1343 , which was subordinate to the Viscount of Béarn. Both villages had a castle and a church.

Toponyms and mentions of Séméacq were:

  • Semeacum (1118, copy book of the Castle of Pau , No. 1),
  • Semeagon and Semiac (1674 and 1683, respectively, reformation de Béarn , manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries),
  • Séméacq (1739, count by Séméacq, E. 44),
  • Semeac (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • Semeacq (1793, Notice Communale ),
  • Seméacq (1801, Bulletin des lois ) and
  • Séméac (1863, Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées).

Toponyms and mentions of Blachon were:

  • Blaysso (12th century, according to Pierre de Marca's book Histoire de Béarn , p. 448),
  • Blexoo (1343, hommages de Béarn , sheet 43),
  • Blasxoo (1385, census in the Béarn),
  • Blaxoo (1396, notaries from Navarrenx ),
  • Blaixoo and Blaxon (1538 et 1546, reformation de Béarn , B. 833) and
  • Blachon (1750, map by Cassini).

Population development

After the records began, the parish grew and peaked in size with 635 residents in the mid-19th century. As a result, a phase of stagnation with short recovery phases set in, which continues to this day.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2017
Residents 232 226 213 190 190 178 174 175 167
From 1962 official figures without residents with a secondary residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2009

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint-Vincent in Séméacq
Entrance to the parish church in Séméacq
  • Parish church in Séméacq, dedicated to Saint Vincent of Valencia . The church was probably built in the Romanesque era, as the facade of its bell tower dates partly from the 12th century. In 1667 the sacristy was rebuilt. The slate- covered bell tower above the entrance porch was largely rebuilt in 1754. The arch of the entrance bears a corresponding year. The southern facade is supported by thick buttresses . The nave offers space for a main and a side aisle. Numerous items of equipment from the 17th to 20th centuries are registered as national cultural assets. Below is the altarpiece , which dates from the second half of the 17th century. According to tradition, two paintings are a gift from Pierre de Marca (1594–1662) to compensate for a sin of youth. One shows a Mater Dolorosa , the other the martyrdom of St. Vincent.
  • Church in Blachon, dedicated to St. Orentius, Bishop of Auch in the fifth century. The Romanesque origins of the church go back to the 11th or 12th century. The single nave nave is extended with a semicircular apse and is closed with a bell gable. This church also contains many furnishings from the 17th to 19th centuries that are registered as national cultural assets.
  • Castle of Séméacq. In the census of 1385 a medieval castle, seat of the landlord of Séméacq, was mentioned. Of this, only a small earth fortification can be seen today, surrounded by ditches visible near the point where the castle was probably built in the 16th century. In 1385 the manor was owned by Sanche de Gabaston, and in 1618 it was sold to the Camon-Dadou family, who also owned the Blachon lay monastery. Between 1681 and 1716, the castle came into the hands of the Lacaze de Lembeye family, who held it until the French Revolution . They arranged for the castle to be rebuilt in the second half of the 18th century, as evidenced by the dates "1776" on the lintel of the entrance and "1787" on the keystone of the arch of the barn. The castle is equipped with two floors and an attic and shows architectural elements that are typical of noble houses of the 18th century in Vic-Bilh. These include the internal staircase that divides two rooms on the ground floor and the roof, which is covered with small flat tiles and is extended at the rear by an extension.
  • Castle of Blachon. The Camon-Dadou family provided the abbots of the lay monastery of Blachon from 1566 through a marriage between Jean de Camon and Jacqueline de Navailles. Jean de Camon commissioned the construction of the castle as the seat of the lay monastery in the late 16th century. The Camon-Dadou family kept it until the 19th century. It is an L-shaped building with two floors and an attic that leads to an inner courtyard. On the north facade it is flanked by a square tower and a tourelle . The entrance portal probably dates from the second half of the 17th century. Between 1770 and 1780 the main house was restored and the west wing and a second tourelle were added. There is a late 18th century dovecote near the buildings .

Economy and Infrastructure

Vineyard in Séméacq-Blachon

Agriculture is the municipality's most important economic factor.

Séméacq-Blachon is located in the AOC zones of the Béarn , Madiran and Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh wine-growing regions .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
Total = 31

traffic

Séméacq-Blachon is crossed by Routes départementales 139, 205, 221, 228 and 298 and is connected to other municipalities in the department by a line from the Transports 64 bus network via Pau.

Personalities

Maurice Delom-Sorbé, born on September 17, 1898 in Mont-de-Marsan ( Département Landes ), died on June 29, 1986 in Séméacq-Blachon, was a politician of the Third French Republic . He received the Croix de guerre in the First World War . Maurice Delom-Sorbé settled in Séméacq-Blachon after the war, became mayor and member of left-wing parties in the National Assembly . On July 10, 1940, he voted against the Enabling Act that ended the Third French Republic.

Web links

Commons : Séméacq-Blachon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Séméacq-Blachon ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Séméacq-Blachon ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Retrieved on December 17, 2017.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Séméacq-Blachon ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  4. ^ A b c Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 32, 159. 1863. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  6. ↑ a b Notice Communale Séméacq-Blachon ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Séméacq-Blachon (64517) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  8. ↑ Eglise paroissiale Saint Vincent ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 17, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  9. ^ Eglise paroissiale Saint-Vincent ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  10. ↑ Eglise de Blachon ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Retrieved on December 17, 2017.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  11. ^ Eglise paroissiale Saint-Orens ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  12. ↑ Château de Séméacq ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Retrieved on December 17, 2017.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  13. ↑ Demeure ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  14. ↑ Château de Blachon ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Retrieved on December 17, 2017.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / visites.aquitaine.fr  
  15. ^ Château ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  16. ^ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité - Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  17. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Séméacq-Blachon (64517) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 17, 2017.