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Lescar
Commune
Cathedral
Cathedral
Coat of arms of Lescar
Coat of arms
Location of Lescar
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Lescar is located in France
Lescar
Lescar
Lescar is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Lescar
Lescar
Coordinates: 43°20′01″N 0°26′05″W / 43.3336°N 0.4347°W / 43.3336; -0.4347
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonLescar, Gave et Terres du Pont-Long
IntercommunalityCA Pau Béarn Pyrénées
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Valérie Revel[1]
Area
1
27 km2 (10 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
9,524
 • Density350/km2 (910/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64335 /64230
Elevation142–203 m (466–666 ft)
(avg. 154 m or 505 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lescar (French pronunciation: [lɛskaʁ] ⓘ; Occitan: Lescar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.[3]

Lescar is the site of the Roman city known variously as Benearnum, Beneharnum or Civitas Benarnensium, the location providing the name for the later region of Béarn.[4]

In 841, Benearnum was razed by the Vikings and Morlaàs became the Béarnaise capital. However, from the twelfth century a new city grew up at Lescar. Lescar Cathedral was built during this period, and was the seat of the Diocese of Lescar until 1801.[5] The remains of the last monarchs of all Navarre Queen Catherine I (†1517) and King John III (†1516) lie at the cathedral.

Today, Lescar is primarily a suburb of the nearby town of Pau. The commune of Lescar has joined together with 30 neighbouring communes to establish the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées which provides a framework within which local tasks are carried out together.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 1,948—    
1800 1,710−1.84%
1806 1,611−0.99%
1821 1,781+0.67%
1831 2,093+1.63%
1836 1,938−1.53%
1841 2,096+1.58%
1846 2,014−0.79%
1851 1,940−0.75%
1856 1,877−0.66%
1861 1,776−1.10%
1866 1,827+0.57%
1872 1,807−0.18%
1876 1,855+0.66%
1881 1,791−0.70%
1886 1,794+0.03%
1891 1,645−1.72%
1896 1,630−0.18%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 1,554−0.95%
1906 1,522−0.42%
1911 1,482−0.53%
1921 1,471−0.07%
1926 1,661+2.46%
1931 1,871+2.41%
1936 1,750−1.33%
1946 1,576−1.04%
1954 1,855+2.06%
1962 2,194+2.12%
1968 2,953+5.08%
1975 4,164+5.03%
1982 5,186+3.19%
1990 5,793+1.39%
1999 8,191+3.92%
2007 9,749+2.20%
2012 9,995+0.50%
2017 9,804−0.39%
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Source: EHESS[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)[7]

Twin towns

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ "Alphabetical Catalogue of Sites and Peoples of Roman Gaul - Benearnum = Beneharnum / Civ. Benarnensium". University of South Carolina. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
  5. ^ French Atlantic Coast. Michelin Apa Publications Ltd. October 2007. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-906261-17-7.
  6. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lescar, EHESS (in French).
  7. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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