Cuqueron

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

Geography

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by the Baysère (20,4 km), affluent of the Bayse.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Parbayse in the North-East
Monein in the west

Toponymy

The toponym Cuqueron appears in the forms Cucuror (XIIe century, according to Pierre de Marca), Cucuroo (1345, notaries of Pardies), Cuquroo (1385, censier of Béarn), Feels Miqueu de Quoquron and Coquron (respectively 1434 and 1441, notaries of Oloron), Cocuroo (1456, cartulaire of Ossau), Cocuro (towards 1540, reformation of Béarn), Cocurour and Cuquerour (respectively 1655 and 1657, notaries of Monein), Cocurour , Cuquerour and Coucuron (respectively 1655,1657 and 1675, reformation of Béarn).

It is composed of the pre-indo-European root kuk with a lengthening what gives kukuru, N being with the romanisation.

History

Paul Raymond note that in 1385 Cuqueron depended on the Bailliage of Monein and counted 16 fires.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to four inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of Monein
SIVU for the installation and the management of the rivers of the basin of the falls
trade union AEP gave and lowers
trade union intercantonal for the installation and the development of the Country of the falls

Demography

Economy

The common one belongs to the zone AOC Vignoble of Jurançon.
The activity is mainly agricultural (breeding, corn).

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

Personalities related to the commune

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