Mourenx

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Mourenx
Commune
Main route entering Mourenx
Coat of arms
Location of Mourenx
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Coordinates: 43°22′46″N 0°36′25″W / 43.3794°N 0.6069°W / 43.3794; -0.6069
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Le Cœur de Béarn
Intercommunality	Lacq-Orthez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrice Laurent[1]
Area 1	6 km2 (2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,846
• Density	970/km2 (2,500/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.

Mourenx (French pronunciation: [muʁɛ̃ks]; Occitan: Morencs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.^[5]

The well-known French sociologist Henri Lefebvre carried out a study of Mourenx and its inhabitants at the time of its creation.^[5]

Population

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

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