Précilhon

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

Its inhabitants is called précilhonnais them.

Geography

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the brooks the Escou, the Labéroû and the Arrigastoû, affluents of the Gave d' Oloron. An affluent of the Gave d' Ossau, the brook Gabarn, also crosses the commune.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Estialescq in north
Goès in the North-West
Escout in the east
Oloron-Holy-Marie in south-west

Toponymy

The toponym Précilhon appears in the forms Precilhon (1267, titles of Monein), Plessilhoo (1368, notaries of Lucq), Pressilhon (1375, contracts of Luntz), Precilhoo (1385, censier of Béarn), Pressilho (1405, notaries of Navarrenx), Feels-Martii Pressilhoo (1421, notaries of Lucq), Presilhon and Presylho (respectively 1547 and 1548, reformation of Béarn), Persillon (1776, payment of the States de Béarn) and Précillon (1863, topographic dictionary Basque Béarn-Country).

History

Paul Raymond note that in 1385, Précilhon counted 30 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Oloron.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to four inter-commune structures:

arranges public local management
Communauté of communes of Piedmont Oloronais
departmental trade union of electrification
trade union for the school regrouping of the valley of Escou

Demography

2005: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

The activity is mainly agricultural (mixed-farming, breeding, pastures).

Culture and inheritance

Local fair last Sunday of September.

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

The Saint Martin's day church dates from the XVIIe century.

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

The commune has an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

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