Mourenx
Mourenx (French pronunciation: [muʁɛ̃ks]; Occitan: Morencs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department[2] in south-western France.
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| Coordinates: 43°22′46″N 0°36′25″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Le Cœur de Béarn |
| Intercommunality | Lacq-Orthez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Patrice Laurent |
| Area 1 | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population | 6,122 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64410 /64150 |
| Elevation | 95–182 m (312–597 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
History
A settlement of Mourengs existed in the eleventh century. A secular abbey existed, belonging to the Viscount of Béarn. In 1385 the village had 27 hearths.[3]
Natural gas deposits were discovered in nearby Lacq in 1951. A new town was constructed in 1958 to provide accommodation for the workers required at the gas processing plant.[4] The town was designed by architects and urbanists Coulon, Douillet and Maneval. It consisted of three groups of collective housing, three groups of family housing, all around a central area of support facilities.[4]
The well-known French sociologist Henri Lefebvre carried out a study of Mourenx and its inhabitants at the time of its creation.[4]
References
- "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- INSEE - file of the commune of Mourenx
- Raymond, Paul (1858). Dictionnaire topographique du Département des Basse-Pyrénées, Issue 6, Volume 19. Paris. p. 119.
- Stanek, Lucasz (2011). Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory. University of Minnesota Press. pp. 106–116. ISBN 978-0-8166-6617-1.
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