See also: Lescar (homonymy)

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

The inhabitants are called Lescariens .

Geography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the Ousse of Wood, Lescourre and Laou, affluents of the Gave of Pau, and by the Uzan, affluent of the Luy de Béarn. The gave of Pau limits the commune to the south.

Localities and variations

Communes bordering

Flowered city

Lescar was rewarded for 2 flowers () to the Concours for the cities and flowered villages.

Toponymy

Lescar /leska/ is generally identified with old the Beneharnum , capital of the Bénéharnais , Aquitanian people which gave his name to the Béarn. In 980, it reappears under the name of Lascurris , then Laschurris (1128), Laschar (12th century), Lascaa (13th century, for of Béarn), Lascurrensis (1313), Lesca / Lasca in 1538…

The toponym thus does not refer to a “variation”, but comes from a name Aquitanique Laskʰur in which the linguists recognize the Basque lats “brook” (cf Lescun) and the suffix gur, gorri “red” (cf Baïgorry, Calagurris…). It is trying to bring closer this name to that of the brook the Lescourre which can be also analyzed like Escourre, “the channel”, a frequent hydronyme in Aquitaine.

History

With the foot of the hill where current the extends Lescar was formerly a citadel (Oppidum) called Beneharnum . Citadel with fortified camps during the Roman occupation from Aquitaine from 56 av. J.C at the year 419 from our era. It was Roman city as of IIIe century. Beneharnum was shaven towards 841 by the Viking S and Morlaàs passed to the row of metropolis inhabitant of Béarn. A new city, Lescar, develop on the hill starting from XIIe century. Its bishop chairs the States de Béarn and the kings of Navarre of the line of Albret choose the cathedral to shelter their burial.

Today the city with the narrow streets became a residential satellite of Pau.

Administration

Municipal council

The municipal council of Lescar consists of 8 assistant and 20 city council men.

• Bernard Masseillou, 6th assistant of the mayor is deceased on Friday, October 5, 2007

Intercommunality

The town of Lescar belongs to the Communauté of agglomeration of the Pau-Pyrenees which gathers 14 communes of the agglomeration paloise.

History of the logos

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