Saint-Médard (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Pau | |
| Canton | Artix and Pays de Soubestre | |
| Community association | Lacq-Orthez | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 32 ′ N , 0 ° 35 ′ W | |
| height | 69-178 m | |
| surface | 11.26 km 2 | |
| Residents | 211 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64370 | |
| INSEE code | 64491 | |
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Saint-Médard is a French municipality with 211 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 Artix et Pays de Soubestre (until 2015: canton of Arthez-de-Béarn ).
The name in the Gascognischen language is Sent Medart . It comes from St. Medardus of Noyon , a bishop in the 5th century.
geography
Saint-Médard is located about 40 km northwest of Pau in the historic province of Béarn on the northern border with the neighboring Landes department .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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Castelner (Landes) Peyre (Landes) |
Monget (Landes) |
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| Hag deafess | Casteide-Candau |
Saint-Médard is located in the catchment area of the Adour River . A tributary of the Luy , the Luy de Béarn , and its tributary, the Juren, flow through the area of the municipality.
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history
Presumably because of its proximity to the Luy de Béarn river and the protective forest, a Roman road ran through Saint-Médard , and there was also a fortified camp on a ridge above the river valley. A castle was built in the same place in the Middle Ages , of which no traces have survived except for the name of the Castet-Abidon district to this day. At the time of the Ancien Régimes , Saint-Médard was part of the subdistrict of Saint-Sever in what is now the Landes department, before the municipality was assigned to the Béarn with the reorganization of the territories at the beginning of the French Revolution with the establishment of the Basses-Pyrénées department . The lordship was owned by the Count of Abidon in the 17th century .
Toponyms and mentions of Saint-Médard were:
- Saint-Medart (1537, notaries from Garos ),
- Saint Medard (1750, map by Cassini ),
- Semedard (1793, Notice Communale ) and
- Saint-Médard (1863, Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées).
Population development
After records began at the end of the 18th century, the community grew to around 715 inhabitants by the middle of the 19th century. As a result, the population decreased with short recovery phases up to the 1990s to a level of around 200, which is still held today.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 262 | 240 | 235 | 215 | 196 | 206 | 185 | 209 | 211 |
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Attractions
- Parish church in Saint-Médard. It dates from the 14th century and is one of the few places of worship in the region in the Gothic style. It has interesting ornate capitals , a ribbed vault and a very old baptismal font . The paving inside the church is in good condition.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture is traditionally the most important economic factor in the municipality.
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traffic
Saint-Médard is crossed by Routes départementales 31 and 264.
Web links
- Atlas du Patrimoine Historique et Culturel with images from Saint-Médard (French)
- Saint-Médard on the website of the former association of municipalities (French)
- Saint-Médard on the Association of Municipalities website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saint-Médard ( fr ) Gasconha.com. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ a b Regional Council of Aquitaine: Saint-Médard ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on December 6, 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 December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Ma commune: Saint-Médard ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ A b Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 150, 1863. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ a b Notice Communale Saint-Médard ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune de Saint-Médard (64491) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Église de Saint-Médard ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on December 6, 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 December 6, 2017.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Saint-Médard (64491) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved December 6, 2017.
