Lahourcade

Lahourcade is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.

Geography

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by two affluents of the Gave of Pau, the Géu and the Luzoué and by the tributary of this last, the brook of Lassabaigt.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Lagor, Mourenx and Noguères in north
Pardies in the east
Monein in south-east
Lucq-with-Béarn in south-west

Toponymy

The toponym Lahourcade appears in the forms lo Casteg and the Mo of Pardies (1344, notaries of Pardies), Laforcade of Pardies (1438, notaries of Oloron), Laforcade deu Casterot of Pardies and Laforcada (respectively 1540 and 1572, reformation of Béarn), Lafourcade (1607, payment of Lagor), Holy Agathe de Lahorcade (1678, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron) and Lafforcade (1704, enumerations of Orthez).

The name says Horcada in Béarnais, of the Gascon forcada/horcada meaning forest of oaks.

History

Paul Raymond note that in 1385 Lahourcade counted 48 fires and depended on the Bailliage on Lagor and Pardies.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to three inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of Monein
trade union AEP gave and lowers
trade union intercantonal for the installation and the development of the Country of the falls

Demography

2004: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

The common one belongs to the zone AOC Vignoble of Jurançon.
The activity is mainly agricultural (breeding, corn).

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

The commune has of an elementary school and a room multi sport.

Personalities related to the commune

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