Méracq
Méracq | |
|---|---|
 The town hall of Méracq | |
Location of Méracq | |
  Méracq  Méracq | |
| Coordinates: 43°30′32″N 0°23′10″W / 43.509°N 0.386°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Artix et Pays de Soubestre |
| Intercommunality | Luys en Béarn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Pierre Duplantier[1] |
Area 1 | 8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 234 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (74/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64380 /64410 |
| Elevation | 109–245 m (358–804 ft) (avg. 197 m or 646 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Méracq (French pronunciation: [meʁak]; Occitan: L'Omerac)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France.[4]
Name
Historically, Méracq has been recorded as Meirac (13th century), Honerac (1538), Lo Merac (1546) and Louméracq (1863).[5]
Its name in Gascon is L'Oumerac.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Patrimoine linguistique béarnais et gascon. Projet de signalétique bilingue – département des pyrénées-atlantiques" (PDF). 25 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque
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