Bonloc
Bonloc is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.
Located in the province of the Labourd, Bonloc belongs to the Basque Country.
Its name Basque is Lekuine . Bonlòc ( Boun loc ) means “good place” in Gascon. Lekuine would be the translation leku ona .
The name of inhabitant is lekuindar .
Geography
With 102 ha Bonloc is the smallest commune of the department.
Situation
Access
Hydrography
The commune is crossed by an affluent of the Adour, the Aran (or Joyeuse ; formerly called Haramburua beyond the house éponyme). A tributary of Merry, Garraldako Erreka also runs on the grounds of the commune.
Localities and hamlets
Communes bordering
Toponymy
The toponym Bonloc appears in the forms Ecclesia de Bono Loco (1186, cartulaire of Bayonne), Lo ospital of Good-Loc , Bonlieu and Nostre Rams of Bonloc (respectively 1372,1498 and 1518, chapter of Bayonne).
History
Paul Raymond note that Bonloc is old a Commanderie.
Administration
Intercommunality
Bonloc belongs to six inter-commune structures:- the Community of communes of the Country of Hasparren Hazparneko Lurraldea
- Adour-Ursuia Trade union of noncollective cleansing
- Trade union AEP Mendionde - Bonloc
- departmental Trade union of electrification
- Intercommunity association for the realization of an old people's home in the valley of Arberoue
- Trade union for the support for the Basque culture
Demography
Economy
Culture and inheritance
Civil inheritance
Religious heritage
The church Our-Lady-with-the Assomption date completion of the XIXe century.