Castañed (Atlantic Pyrenees)

The commune is located approximately 660 km south of Paris , 160 km south of Bordeaux , 55 km west of Pau ^[1] . In the west of the commune, the , and the Gav de Pau River also bathes the commune. Access to the city is via the D27 main highway.

Climate

The climate is warm oceanic ^[2] . Winters are mild, the average January temperature is from + 5 ° C to + 13 ° C, temperatures below −10 ° C are rare. Snow falls about 15 days a year from November to April. The maximum summer temperature is about 20-30 ° C, above 35 ° C it is very rare. The amount of precipitation is high, about 1100 mm per year. Windless weather is characteristic, strong winds are very rare.

Settlements

• Le bourget
• Lo hour
• Lasbordes
• Mu (or Mur)
• Lo padu
• Simounét
• Mongay

Neighboring Communities

• Carres Casaber North
• Oterrive Northwest
• Sali de Bearn East
• Escos west
• Oraas South

Archivist Paul Raymond noted that in 1385 the village of Castagnède et Mu (the commune was so mentioned in the records of the Sanctus-Severus de Muro dating from the 12th century , Abbey of Saint-Jean-de-Sorde) consisted of 51 villages and belonged to the Diocese of Dax. The village was dependent on the Bailiwick Mu et Labastide-Villefranche, which stretched across Labastide-Villefranche , the current commune of Oraas and Saint-Dos . ^[3]

Traces of the village of Castagnède were discovered in the Bearn region in the 11th century . Legend has it that she was occupied by the Moors after their defeat in 732 and the local lord married the Saracen princess. Until 1790, the village was a common territory with the settlement of Mur (or My). The village served as the border between Gascony ( Auterrive ) and Navarre ( Escos ) and depended on Bishop Dax.

Theod Membrède was a vassal of La vicomté de Bearn and was dependent on the bailivik My. The church hid the burial place of the famous and ancient family of Membrède . The castle was owned by the Dufourcq family until 1876 . The cemetery was also the grave of adventurer Faustin Lestage , who was the first to find oil in France on the slopes of Pène de Mur . The cross of Hosannière was also found, which probably dates back to the Roman occupation ^{[4] [5]} .

The population of the commune for 2010 was 195 people.

In 2010, among 126 people of working age (15-64 years old), 78 were economically active , 48 were inactive (activity indicator - 61.9%, in 1999 it was 75.4%). Out of 78 active residents, 74 people worked (44 men and 30 women), 4 were unemployed (1 man and 3 women). Among 48 inactive 9 people were pupils or students, 21 - pensioners, 18 were inactive for other reasons ^[6] .

• Church of St. John the Baptist (1862) ^[7]

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