Méracq

Méracq
Méracq

Coordinates: 43°30′32″N 0°23′10″W / 43.509°N 0.386°W / 43.509; -0.386Coordinates: 43°30′32″N 0°23′10″W / 43.509°N 0.386°W / 43.509; -0.386
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Arzacq-Arraziguet
Intercommunality Canton of Arzacq
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Pierre Duplantier
Area1 8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population (2011)2 216
  Density 26/km2 (68/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64380 / 64410
Elevation 109–245 m (358–804 ft)
(avg. 197 m or 646 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Méracq is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France.

Name

Historically, Méracq has been recorded as Meirac (13th century), Honerac (1538), Lo Merac (1546) and Louméracq (1863).[1]

Its name in Gascon is Lou Mérac.[2]

See also

References

  1. Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque
  2. http://www.locongres.org/oc/ressorsas/teledescargament/func-startdown/31/
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