Lanneplaà

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

Its inhabitants is called Lanneplanais and Lanneplanaises.

Geography

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by an affluent of the Laà, the brook of the Mills, and by a tributary of the Saleys, the arriou of Mondran.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Rooms-Mongiscard in north
Orthez in the North-East
Hospital-in Orion in south-west
Ozenx-Montestrucq in the south

Toponymy

The toponym Lanneplaà appears in the forms Lanepla (Xe century, cartulaire of Sorde), Laneplan (1323, cartulaire of Orthez), Llaneplaa (1385, censier of Béarn), Lanaplaa and Lanaplan (respectively 1536 and 1538, reformation of Béarn), Lanneplàa (1863, topographic dictionary Basque Béarn-Country).

It has like origin the Gascon lana “moor” and planed “plane”.

History

Paul Raymond note which the commune counted a laic abbey, vassal of the Viscount of Béarn.
In 1385, Lanneplaà depended on the Bailliage of Larbaig and one counted 39 fires there.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to three inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of the canton of Orthez
SIVU of the joined together villages
trade union of Gréchez.

Demography

2005: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

The activity is primarily turned towards agriculture (breeding and mixed-farming).

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

Parish church Saint-Jacques-the-Major

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

Personalities related to the commune

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