Boeil-Bezing

Boeil-Bezing is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.

Its inhabitants is called Belvézinois.

Geography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the Lagoin, affluent of the Gave of Pau.

Communes bordering

Nousty, Angaïs and Border in north
Soumoulou in the North-East
Gomer in the east
Pardies-Piétat and Saint-Abit in the west
Beuste in south-east
Arros-with-Nay in south-west
Baudreix in the south.

History

The commune of Boeil-Bezing was born from the union from two formerly separated villages, Boeil (more in the south), and Bezing (in north). Between these two boroughs, houses were built so that the village seems today drawn bar along the road connecting Pau to Lourdes

The remainders of the feudal mound testify to the seniority of the village. Étymologiquement, Boeil ( Bolh in 1376) means " small ox " and Bezing ( Bezii , 1343) returns to the besiaü which was the community of neighbors, formerly in load of the management of the commune.

Administration

Demography

Culture and Inheritance

There was formerly an important Protestant community, and one called boeilhais them " Los huganautz of Bezing".

The ground of Boeil was set up in baronnie in 1651. The barons de Boeil were lords of Baudreix, Beuste, Clarac, Lagos and barons de Coarraze.

The castle, vast square building, dominates part of the village. It was built at the beginning of the XIXe century by the family Bernadotte, the mother of the marshal being originating in Boeil. The great nephew of that which was king de Suède and of Norway under the name of Charles XIV Jean, is buried in Boeil.

The village counts two water mills along the channel of Baniou, works built in derivation of the Gave of Pau. The church Saint-Vincent-Deacon was built in 1871, with the site of the primitive church, destroyed at the time of a fire. The side entry preserves the Romance tympanum of origin (XIIe century), but of old frescos of XVe century, discovered during the rebuilding of the building, were unfortunately lost. The small church Saint-Bosoms (in the past of Bezing) became, after the Réforme, a Protestant temple.

Internal bond

Common of the Yrénées-Atlantiques

External bonds

Photographs of Boeil-Bezing and the surroundings
evangelic Christian Parliament of Boeil-Bezing
Nay and its canton in old postcards

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