Lily (Yrénées-Atlantiques)

See also: Lily (homonymy)

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

Geography

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by an affluent of the Gave of Pau, the brook the Luz (15,2 km to France) and its affluents:
  • the brook the Gest (14,8 km in France) and its affluent:
    • the brook of Herran
  • the brook Luz de Casalis
An affluent of the Béez (affluent of the gave of Pau) also runs on the commune: the brook the Landistou (12,5 km in France), like its affluents:
  • the brook of Betbeder
  • the brook of Bonnasserre
  • the brook of Chourrup
  • the brook of Lazerau
  • the brook of Lespereu
The commune is also crossed by the brook of the fountain of Mesplé, and by its affluent, the brook of Subercase.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

  • Sévignacq-Meyracq in north
  • High-with-Bosdarros in the North-East
  • Holy-Colome Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget in the east
  • in south-west
  • Louvie-Juzon in the south

Toponymy

The toponym Lys appears in the Read-Holy-Colomme form (1727, enumeration of Holy-Colome). It comes from the Gascon and means flat ground .

History

Lily, additional in the past of Holy-Colome, acquired the statute of commune on January 2nd, 1858.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to six inter-commune structures:
  • SIVOM of the valley of Ossau
  • trade union of the perception of Arudy
  • intercommunity association for the installation of the basins slopes of Béez and Ouzom
  • intercommunity association for the construction of THESE of Nay
  • trade union of water of the valley of Ossau
  • trade union of electrification of Bas-Ossau.

The common one belongs to the Pays of Oloron and Haut-Béarn.

Demography

Economy

The economy of the commune is primarily directed towards agriculture and the breeding (sheep, bovines, porcine, mules).

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

  • Church of the Assumption-of-the-Happy-Virgin-Marie, end XVIIIe century.

Equipment

The commune has a school Calandreta ( Calandreta deu Lis ).

Personalities related to the commune

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