Bescat

Bescat is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine. Its inhabitants is called Bescatais.

Geography

Bescat is located on the southern side of a Moraine at the entry of the Vallée of Ossau.

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by the Gave d' Oloron and its affluent, the brook of Trébès.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Rébénacq in the North-East
Sévignacq-Meyracq in the east
Buzy in the west
Arudy in south-west.

Toponymy

The toponym Bescat appears in the forms Bescad (1154, titles of Barcelona), Albescat (1270, titles of Ossau), Besquat (1418, cartulaire of Ossau or red book ).

History

Paul Raymond note which the commune counted a laic abbey, vassal of the Viscount of Béarn.
In 1385, Bescat counted 14 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Ossau.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to seven inter-commune structures:

SIVOM of the valley of Ossau
trade union of the perception of Arudy
intercommunity association of excursion of the valley of Escou
mixed trade-union of the Lake water Castet
trade union of the valley of Ossau
trade union of electrification of Bas-Ossau
intercommunity association of cleansing of Holy-Colome.

The common one belongs to the Pays of Oloron and Haut-Béarn.

Demography

The figure for 2004 is that of the provisional population established by INSEE.

Economy

The saving in Bescat is primarily agricultural, round towards the maïsicole culture and the breeding.

Culture and inheritance

feudal Mound of Arribe
feudal Mound of the windmill .
Houses of the XVIIe century.
Saint-Lizier Church, having a Retable XVIIe century.

Equipment

The commune does not lay out more than one elementary school since about fifteen years.

Personalities related to the commune

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