Narp

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

Its inhabitants is called the narpois.

Geography

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the Gave d' Oloron, affluent of the Gave of Pau, and by its tributaries, the brooks the Lausset, of Salié, Mignou and Mousquère.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Orriule and Castetbon in north
Laàs in the west
Montfort and Araujuzon in the south
Ossenx in the east.

Toponymy

The toponym Narp appears in the forms Narb (XIVe century, censier of Béarn) and Feel-EP of Narb (1412, notaries of Navarrenx).

History

Paul Raymond note that in 1385, Narp counted 28 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Navarrenx.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to five inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of Sauveterre-to-Béarn
inter-commune center of social action of Sauveterre-to-Béarn
intercommunity association of Gaves and Saleys
trade union AEP of Navarrenx
departmental trade union of electrification.

Demography

2006: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

The activity is mainly agricultural.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

The Saint-Pierre church dates from the XIXe century.

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

Personalities related to the commune

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