Morlaàs
See also: Morlaàs (homonymy)
Morlaàs is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.
Its inhabitants is called Morlanais.
Geography
The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the Luy de Béarn and by the Luy de France, affluents of the Luy.
Localities and variations
Communes bordering
- Saint-James and Gabaston in north
- Maucor and Buros in the west
- Pau, Idron and Sendets in the south
- Greenhouses-Morlaàs and Ouillon in the east.
History
Morlaàs was capital Béarn in place of Lescar destroyed in IXe century. Orthez will follow in XIIe century.
Administration
Demography
Monuments
Religious heritage
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Romance Church Holy-Foy (XIe century). The gate is the part being the most of interest, and proves the last importance of the city.
See also: Holy-Foy Church of Morlaàs
Civil inheritance
Famous people
Jean-Anne-Henri Depaul (1811-1883): Originating in Morlaàs, he was senior registrar in Paris, surgeon at the Hospital of the assisted children, professor of private clinic obstétricale to Faculty, and also general adviser of the canton of Morlaàs. He died in his property, with the Castle of Sarrabat, anobli by Napoleon III, from where the " de" of Depaul. Its bronze bust was molten by the Germans; its reconstitution is now installed close to the church.
Related articles
Common of the Yrénées-AtlantiquesInternal bonds
External bonds
Site of the U.S. Morlaàs Rugby
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