Barzun () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.INSEE commune file
Geography Barzun is located some 20 km east by south-east of Pau and 15 km north-west of Lourdes. Access to the commune is by the D940 road from Espoey in the north-west which passes through the commune just west of the village and continues south to Lamarque-Pontacq. The D640 comes from Livron in the north and passes through the village continuing to Pontacq in the south. The D642 and the D418 connect the D940 to the village. The D42 passes through the eastern tip of the commune. The commune is all farmland except for a belt of forest east of and parallel to the Ruisseau de l'Ousse.
The Ruisseau de l'Ousse flows through the commune and the village from south-east to north and continues north to join the Gave de Pau at Pau. The Oussère river flows parallel to the Ruisseau de l'Ousse west of the village until they join north of the commune. The Sausse forms the western border of the commune as it flows north to join the Ourrou north-west of the commune. The Hoursoumou and the Ruisseau du Goua de Michou flow parallel to each other north through the east of the commune continuing to join the Gabas Lake at Luquet.
Places and hamlets
Arribarrouy Balagué Batailles Bédat Bédat et Sarrailh Boyrie Capblan Cazaillet Cazala (barn) Las Cordes La Débèze Goua (bridge) Grada (barn) Hourcaspy Hourmiau Hourq Mayou et Espélague Labourdette Lanas Lapalangue (bridge) Larbiouze (barn) Larroutis Layrisse (barn) Lupié Thén Moulat Nargasse (barn) Pardimène (mill) Pène Pistoulet (barn) Le Poublan Ramounet Técous et Labie Tisnères (barn)
Toponymy
Michel Grosclaude said that the name probably comes from the Latin anthroponym Barisius with the suffix -unum.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description Barzun Barzunum 1286 Raymond Chapter Village Barsuu 1385 Grosclaude Census Barsun 1402 Raymond Census Barssun 1538 Raymond Reformation Barfun 1750 Cassini1 Barjun 1790 Cassini2 Lupié Thén Le Lupié 1863 Raymond Hamlet Les Mouras Les Mouras 1863 Raymond Place Le Pardiacq Le Pardiacq 1863 Raymond Place La Peyrade La Peyrade 1863 Raymond Place
Sources: Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, Cassini1: 1750 Cassini Map Cassini2: 1790 Cassini Map
Origins: Chapter: Titles of the Chapter of BéarnTitles of the Viscounts of Béarn in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Census: Census of BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
History Paul Raymond noted of page 22 of his 1863 dictionary that Barzun had 13 fires in 1385 and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.
In the 18th century Barzun was the chief town for the notary of Rivière-Ousse which comprised Artigueloutan, Barzun, Espoey, Gomer, Hours, Lée, Livron, Louboey, Lucgarier, Nousty, Ousse, Sendets, and Soumoulou.
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1995 2001 Alfred Prat-Bernachot 2001 2020 Maurice Minvielle 2020 2026 René Millet
Inter-communality
The commune is part of four inter-communal structures: the Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn; the water management association of the Ousse basin the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; the inter-communal association for water and sanitation in the Ousse valley;
Education The commune has a public primary school.Schools in Barzun
Demography The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barzunais or Barzunaises in French.Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Economy The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée of Ossau-iraty
Culture and heritage
Religious heritage The Parish Church of Saint Vincent Diacre (1854) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
Notable people linked to the commune Louis Pardimène, born on 15 July 1880 in Barzun, son of Pierre and Marie Ribes, soldier in the 83rd Infantry Regiment who was shot as an example on 7 January 1915 at Châlons-sur-Marne. Pierre-Marie Théas, born in 1894 at Barzun and died in 1977, was a French Catholic religious, Bishop of Montauban then of the Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes. Gaëtan Paletou, Racing driver who participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2015.
See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
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