Coordinates: 43°28′42″N 0°22′50″W / 43.4783°N 0.3806°W / 43.4783; -0.3806

Auga

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Auga
Countryside in Auga
Countryside in Auga
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CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonTerres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh
IntercommunalityCC Luys en Béarn
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) David Legros[1]
Area
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4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population
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Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64077 /64450
Elevation123–258 m (404–846 ft)
(avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auga (French pronunciation: [oɡa]; Occitan: Augar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

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Auga is located some 20 km north of Pau and 35 km east of Orthez. Access to the commune is by the D40 road which branches off the D944 just south of Méracq and goes south through the length of the commune and the village before continuing to join the D834 near Sauvagnon in the south. The D220 road goes south from the village to Viven. The commune is mostly farmland with scattered forests.[2]

The Pyrénées-Atlantiques Interurban Network bus line has a stop in the commune on route 842 from Malaussanne to Pau.

The Luy de France flows north up the eastern side of the commune and continues north-west to join the Luy de Béarn to form the Luy north-east of Castel-Sarrazin.[2]

Places and hamlets

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  • Bidot[3]
  • Bret[4]
  • Castaing
  • Cazenave
  • Claux[5]
  • Grange Haget[6]
  • Haou[7]
  • Laplante
  • Lauroua
  • Maupas
  • Méhil
  • Miraut[8]
  • Moun
  • Pargade[9]
  • Parrot
  • Pellarouy[10]
  • Péruillet

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Neighbouring communes and villages

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Toponymy

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The commune name in béarnais is Augar. Michel Grosclaude suggested the etymology is Gascon coming from augar meaning "marshy terrain".[12]

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Auga Algar 11th century Raymond
16
Saint-Pé Village
Augar 13th century Raymond
16
Fors de Béarn
Augaar 1385 Raymond
16
Census
Augaa 1437 Raymond
16
Homages
Sent Laurens d'Auguaa 1538 Raymond
16
Reformation
Augua 1544 Raymond
16
Reformation
Abescat Abescat 1673 Raymond
2
Reformation Fief under the Viscounts of Béarn
Baradat Baradat 1863 Raymond
20
Place

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History

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Auriol Centulle, third son of Centule IV, Viscount of Béarn, and Angèle d'Oloron, was lord of Clarac, Igon, Baudreix, Boeil, and Auga.

Paul Raymond noted on page 17 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had two Lay Abbeys, vassals of the Viscounts of Béarn: Abadie-Susan and Abadie-Jusan. In 1385, Auga had 22 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau. Auga was also a ruffebaronnie, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.[13]

The fief of Abescat was also a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.

Administration

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File:Auga vue 2.JPG
Auga Village

List of Successive Mayors[18]

From To Name Party Position
1983 1995 Alexis Cassoulet
1995 2001 Michel Chéret PS
2001 2008 Pierre Dubourdieu
2001 2014 Pierre Chéret PS Regional Councillor
2014 2020 Jean-Paul Lacabanne
2020 2026 David Legros

Inter-communality

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The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn;
  • the AEP association of Arzacq;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association of Aubin-Auga-Doumy-Bournos;

Demography

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In 2017 the commune had 153 inhabitants.

Culture and heritage

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Civil heritage

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

Religious heritage

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File:Eglise d'Auga.JPG
The Church of Saint-Laurent

The Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (12th century)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg is registered as a historical monument.[26]

The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:

Facilities

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Education

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Auga has no primary school as it is part of an inter-communal educational regrouping with Aubin, Bournos, and Doumy.

Sports

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People from the commune play football at ESBDG (Bournos Doumy Garlède Sports Group)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ a b c Google Maps
  3. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026718 Farmhouse at Bidot (in French)
  4. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026724 Maison Lacabanne Farmhouse (in French)
  5. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026719 Farmhouse at Claux (in French)
  6. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026721 Mill at Grange Haget (in French)
  7. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026722 Chateau (in French)
  8. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026725 Farmhouse at Miraut (in French)
  9. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026726 Farmhouse at Pargade (in French)
  10. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026727 Farmhouse at Pellarouy (in French)
  11. ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  12. ^ a b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (in French)
  13. ^ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  14. ^ Cartulary of the Abbey of Saint-Pé, Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn (in French)
  15. ^ a b Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  16. ^ Manuscript from 1343 in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  17. ^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  18. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  19. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Auga, EHESS (in French).
  20. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026728 House (in French)
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026723 Maison Labescat House (in French)
  23. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026720 Maison Dubourdieu House (in French)
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026717 Chateau d'Auga Fourcade (in French)
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026715 Houses and Farms (in French)
  26. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026716 Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (in French)
  27. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001172 Furniture in the Church (in French)
  28. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001176 Furniture in the Church (Supplementary list) (in French)
  29. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001175 Painting: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint Laurent (in French)
  30. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001174 Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, and 2 Statues (in French)
  31. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64001173 Balustrade of the gallery (in French)

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