Saint-Boès

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Saint-Boès
Saint-Boès (France)
Saint-Boès
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Orthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel
Community association Lacq-Orthez
Coordinates 43 ° 32 ′  N , 0 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 32 ′  N , 0 ° 48 ′  W
height 65-178 m
surface 9.49 km 2
Residents 367 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64300
INSEE code 64471

Saint-Boès is a French municipality with 367 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 Orthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel (until 2015: canton of Orthez ).

The inhabitants are called Saint-Boésiens or Saint-Boésiennes .

geography

Saint-Boès is located about 55 km northwest of Pau in the historic province of Béarn on the northern edge of the department.

The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Saint-Girons-en-Béarn Bonnut
Baigts-de-Bearn Neighboring communities Orthez
Orthez

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

Tributaries of the Gave de Pau cross the territory of the municipality:

  • the Ruisseau de Montlong and
  • the Ruisseau de Lataillade with its tributary,
    • the Ruisseau Peyre.

The Ruisseau de l'Arrigan, a tributary of the Luy , also irrigates the municipality.

history

Fortifications have been found in the municipality that testify to early settlement of the area. The first is from prehistory and its construction took place more than 2,500 years ago. It has an oval shape and measures 175 m × 130 m. Its wall and its trenches can still be seen today. A warehouse from the Gallo-Roman period was discovered when the remains of a sewer system were found near a spring, the waters of which are said to have numerous healing powers. This best-preserved Roman camp in the region was circular and measured 120 meters in diameter over an area of ​​2.5 hectares.

Saint-Boès developed around a church and an associated lay monastery in the Middle Ages . In the middle of the 13th century, a castle is also mentioned, which was presumably located on the area of ​​a moth , which was elevated above the valley of the Gave de Pau in the southern part of today's municipality. Its owner was the Viscount of Béarn, because Saint-Boès belonged to the Bailliage of Ribère-Gave, whose main town was Baigts-de-Béarn. In the 1385 census of the Béarn, there were 44 households in Saint-Boès.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult

As part of the Napoleonic Wars , the community played a crucial role in the Battle of Orthez on February 27, 1814 between the Allied army under the command of Arthur Wellesleys , the later Duke of Wellington and the French troops under the command of Maréchal Nicolas Jean-de -Dieu Soult . The capture of Saint-Boès by the Wellington associations came after a tough battle and ushered in victory. 2,500 casualties were counted on each side. A plaque from the Société nationale du souvenir français commemorates the French Brigadier General Jean-Pierre Béchaud and his soldiers who perished defending Saint-Boès.

Toponyms and mentions of Saint-Boès were:

  • Semboys (1290, documents of the Viscount of Béarn),
  • Somboes (13th century, fors de Béarn , manuscript from the 14th century, p. 97),
  • Somboeys (1356, copy book by Orthez , sheet 17),
  • Sent-Boes (14th century, Béarn census),
  • Semboees (1442, contracts of Carresse, notary of the Vicomté, sheet 168),
  • Senboes , Sent-Boees , Sanct-Boes and Saint-Bouès (1536, 1536, 1546 and 1686, reformation de Béarn , manuscript collection from the 16th to 18th centuries),
  • Saint Boés (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • Saint-Bois (1768, Regulations of the Béarn Estates ),
  • Saint Bois (1793, Notice Communale ),
  • Saint-Bonés (1801, Bulletin des Lois ) and
  • Saint-Boès (1863, Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées).

Population development

After a peak in the number of inhabitants of around 610 in the first half of the 19th century, the number subsequently fell to around 300 inhabitants during brief phases of recovery up to the 1930s. A recovery began in the 1980s and has recently stagnated.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2017
Residents 302 303 310 345 343 366 369 374 367
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

  • Parish church dedicated to the birth of Jesus of Nazareth . It was built in the 19th century with the help of local craftsmen. An arch edged with white stones allows access to the entrance porch on the south side of the building. This decoration is widespread in the Orthez region and can also be found on the facades of farmhouses. One side of the long building is closed off by a semicircular apse , the other side by the bell tower . It is equipped with a curved hood with a roof turret, which ends with a cross at the top. The roof is clad with slate in such a way that it looks like fish scales in the curved part.

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture is the municipality's most important economic factor.

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 44

education

The municipality has a public primary school with 19 pupils in the 2017/2018 school year.

sport and freetime

  • A circular path with a length of 6.4 km and a difference in altitude of 207 m leads from the center of the municipality through the surrounding hills past the site of the prehistoric village, from the hill of which the cannons of the Allied troops fired at the French positions in 1814.
  • A very easy circular route with a length of 3.7 km and a difference in altitude of 127 m leads from the district of Mounicq in the extreme south of the municipality over high-altitude trails through forests.

traffic

Saint-Boès can be reached via Routes départementales 315 and 947 (former Route nationale 647 ).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques Gentilé ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Saint-Boès ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ Camp de Saint-Boès ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. 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 November 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  4. ↑ Camp romain de Mounicq ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. 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 November 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  5. ↑ Saint-Boès ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. 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 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  6. ^ A b Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. Pp. 145, 1863. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  7. ^ Plaque commémorative de la bataille de 1814 ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. 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 November 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  8. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ a b Notice Communale Saint-Boès ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune de Saint-Boès (64471) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  11. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Saint-Boès (64471) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  12. ↑ Eglise de la Nativité à Saint-Boès ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. 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 November 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  13. ↑ Clocher de l'église de la Nativité à Saint-Boès ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. 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 November 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  14. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Saint-Boès (64471) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  15. ^ École élémentaire ( fr ) National Ministry of Education. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ Circuit 59 - Baigts-de-Béarn / Saint-Boès ( fr , PDF) Béarn des Gaves tourist office . Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  17. ↑ Circuit 49 - Mounicq ( fr , PDF) Béarn des Gaves tourist office . Retrieved November 20, 2017.