Lahourcade
Lahourcade is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.
Geography
Hydrography
The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by two affluents of the Gave of Pau, the Géu and the Luzoué and by the tributary of this last, the brook of Lassabaigt.
Localities and hamlets
Communes bordering
- Lagor, Mourenx and Noguères in north
- Pardies in the east
- Monein in south-east
- Lucq-with-Béarn in south-west
Toponymy
The toponym Lahourcade appears in the forms lo Casteg and the Mo of Pardies (1344, notaries of Pardies), Laforcade of Pardies (1438, notaries of Oloron), Laforcade deu Casterot of Pardies and Laforcada (respectively 1540 and 1572, reformation of Béarn), Lafourcade (1607, payment of Lagor), Holy Agathe de Lahorcade (1678, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron) and Lafforcade (1704, enumerations of Orthez).The name says Horcada in Béarnais, of the Gascon forcada/horcada meaning forest of oaks.
History
Paul Raymond note that in 1385 Lahourcade counted 48 fires and depended on the Bailliage on Lagor and Pardies.
Administration
Intercommunality
The common one belongs to three inter-commune structures:- the Community of communes of Monein
- trade union AEP gave and lowers
- trade union intercantonal for the installation and the development of the Country of the falls
Demography
2004: provisional population of INSEE.
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
The commune has of an elementary school and a room multi sport.