Mourenx
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Main route entering Mourenx | |
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Mourenx | |
| Coordinates: 43°22′46″N 0°36′25″W / 43.3794°N 0.6069°WCoordinates: 43°22′46″N 0°36′25″W / 43.3794°N 0.6069°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Lagor |
| Intercommunality | Lacq |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | David Habib |
| Area1 | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 7,735 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64410 / 64150 |
| Elevation |
95–182 m (312–597 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Mourenx is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department[1] in south-western France.
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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[3]
The well-known French sociologist Henri Lefebvre carried out a study of Mourenx and its inhabitants at the time of its creation.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ INSEE - file of the commune of Mourenx
- ↑ Raymond, Paul (1858). Dictionnaire topographique du Département des Basse-Pyrénées, Issue 6, Volume 19. Paris. p. 119.
- 1 2 3 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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