Méracq

Méracq
Commune
The town hall of Méracq
Location of Méracq
Méracq Show map of France Méracq Show map of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Coordinates: 43°30′32″N 0°23′10″W / 43.509°N 0.386°W / 43.509; -0.386
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Artix et Pays de Soubestre
Intercommunality	Luys en Béarn
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Duplantier^[1]
Area ¹	8.24 km² (3.18 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	233
• Density	28/km² (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

Name[edit]

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[edit]

Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References[edit]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^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.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque

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