Coarraze

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

Its inhabitants is called Coarraziens.

Geography

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

Communes bordering

Bénéjacq in north
Mirepeix and Nay in the North-West
Saint-Vincent in the east
Igon in the west
Montaut in the south

History

In its book on Henri IV, Francois Bayrou speaks thus about the castle of Coarraze: " Henri de Navarre grew with the castle of Coarraze to some two kilometers as the crow flies of my native house. I dreamed much on the currency which decorates still today the gate of the castle: lo that has of ser No puede faltar , which must arrive cannot manquer." (p. 12)

Administration

Demography

Culture and Inheritance

Castle of Coarraze where Henri IV passed his childhood: from this time only the tower remains today.

Famous people

Born (E) S in Coarraze

Jean Saint-Jose, French politician
Gabriel Haure-Placed, mathematics professor, resisting and off-set, died for France.

Internal bond

Common of the Yrénées-Atlantiques

External bonds

Photographs of Coarraze and the surroundings

Cycling Coarraze

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