Auriac, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Geography

Auriac is located some 20 km north of Pau just east of Argelos. Access to the commune is by road D834 from Sarron in the north which passes through the commune and continues to Pau in the south. Access to the village is by road D944 from the village to Thèze in the north-west and the D227 from the village to Sévignacq in the south-east. The A55 autoroute passes through the north of the commune with Exit 9 just north-east of the commune giving access to road D834. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.

Places and hamlets

• Alpin
• Baix
• Bernède
• Blanc
• Calot
• Camot
• Cassagne
• Cazaudehore
• Chin
• Cournau
• Duclos
• Fam
• Hourticq
• Laborde
• Madaune
• Maribat
• Moulin de Mugain
• Mounpézat
• Pénouilh
• Périco
• Pierroulou
• Porte
• Poudgé
• Rey
• Ser (forest)

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Auriac. Michel Grosclaude said that the name probably comes from the Latin man's name Aurius with the Gallo-Roman suffix -acum giving "Domain of Aurius".

The following table shows the origin of the commune name:

Sources:

• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table.
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750

Origins:

• Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.

History

Paul Raymond noted that Auriac was once an annex of Argelos.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

; Mayors from 1940

Inter-communality

The commune is part of five inter-communal structures:

• the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn;
• the SIVU for collective sanitation Auriac-Miossens-Lanusse-Thèze
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• the inter-communal association for the management of drinking water from the Luy-Gabas-Lées;
• the inter-communal association of Garlède-Lalonquette;

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auriacois or Auriacoises in French.

|1831 |317 |1836 |351 |1841 |330 |1846 |352 |1851 |340 |1856 |339 |1861 |293 |1866 |283 |1872 |287 |1876 |284 |1881 |277 |1886 |257 |1891 |223 |1896 |226 |1901 |227 |1906 |231 |1911 |219 |1921 |189 |1926 |176 |1931 |179 |1936 |184 |1946 |182 |1954 |179 |1962 |163 |1968 |153 |1975 |167 |1982 |166 |1990 |180 |1999 |209 |2007 |247 |2012 |244 |2017 |238

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• A House at Porte (16th century)
• A House at Cazaudehore (19th century)
• Houses and Farms (16th and 19th centuries)

Religious heritage

The commune has two religious buildings that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Parish Church of Saint-François-de-Sales (18th century) (destroyed)
• The Parish Church of Saint-François-de-Sales (1885). This church was built in 1885 to replace the old church of the same name which appeared on the Cassini Map. The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • The furniture of the church
  • A Chasuble (18th century)
  • A Sun-ray Monstrance (19th century)
  • 2 Altar Candlesticks (19th century)
  • A Chalice (19th century)
  • A Prie-dieu (19th century)
  • A Stoup (19th century)
  • 2 Altars, 4 altar seatings, and 2 Tabernacles (1885)
  • An Altar, 2 altar seatings, a Tabernacle, and 2 Statues (1885)
  • 3 Stained glass windows of people: Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Michael protecting a canon, and Saint John (1887)

Facilities

Auriac has a primary school which also serves the communes of Garlède-Mondebat, Lalonquette et Miossens-Lanusse in an Educational Inter-communal Grouping.

References

References

1. (13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
2. [https://www.google.com/maps/place/64450+Auriac/@43.4543315,-0.306281,6599m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd56405c976ba6b3:0x40665174813aaf0?hl=en Google Maps]
3. IGN]] {{in lang. fr
4. Paul Raymond]], Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 {{in lang. fr
5. [[Michel Grosclaude]], ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, {{ISBN. 2-35068-005-3 {{in lang. fr
6. [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.4564&lon=-0.3147&zoom=13 Cassini Map 1750 - Auriac]
7. [[Pierre de Marca]], ''History of Béarn'' p. 356
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9. [https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques], habitants.fr
10. {{Cassini-Ehess. 1903. Auriac
11. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64078#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
12. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026732. IA00026732 House at Porte {{in lang. fr
13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026731. IA00026731 House at Cazaudehore {{in lang. fr
14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00026729. IA00026729 Houses and Farms {{in lang. fr
15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00027931. IA00027931 Church of Saint-François-de-Sales (destroyed) {{in lang. fr
16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00027930. IA00027930 Church of Saint-François-de-Sales {{in lang. fr
17. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001186. IM64001186 Furniture in the Church {{in lang. fr
18. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001185. IM64001185 Chasuble {{in lang. fr
19. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001184. IM64001184 Sun-ray Monstrance {{in lang. fr
20. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001183. IM64001183 2 Altar Candlesticks {{in lang. fr
21. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001182. IM64001182 Chalice {{in lang. fr
22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001181. IM64001181 Prie-dieux {{in lang. fr
23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001180. IM64001180 Stoup {{in lang. fr
24. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001179. IM64001179 2 Altars, 4 altar seatings, and 2 Tabernacles {{in lang. fr
25. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001178. IM64001178 Altar, 2 altar seatings, a Tabernacle, and 2 Statues {{in lang. fr
26. Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. IM64001177. IM64001177 3 Stained glass windows of people: Saint Francis de Sales, Saint Michael protecting a canon, and Saint John {{in lang. fr