Méracq

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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(2020–2026) Pierre Duplantier[1]Area
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8.24 km2 (3.18 sq mi)Population
 (2021)[2]
233 • Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code
64380 /64410
Elevation109–245 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.

Méracq (French pronunciation: [meʁak]; Occitan: L'Omerac)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France.[4]

Name

Historically, Méracq has been recorded as Meirac (13th century), Honerac (1538), Lo Merac (1546) and Louméracq (1863).[5]

Its name in Gascon is L'Oumerac.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Patrimoine linguistique béarnais et gascon. Projet de signalétique bilingue – département des pyrénées-atlantiques" (PDF). 25 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ INSEE commune file
  5. ^ Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque
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