Sévignacq-Meyracq

See also: Sévignacq (homonymy)

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

Its name inhabitant of Béarn is Sevinhac-Meirac .

Geography

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by affluents of the Gave of Pau and Gave d' Oloron, the gave of Ossau, the Nez and the Soust.
An affluent of the Gest also runs on the commune, the brook of Oustau.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Toponymy

The toponym Sévignacq appears in the forms Sevignag (1270, titles of Ossau), Savinhacum (1286, titles of Béarn), Sebinhac (1385, censier of Béarn), Sebinach (1614, reformation of Béarn), Sanctus-Petrus de Sevignacq (1674, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron), Sévignac (1863, dictionary of Paul Raymond).
The toponym Meyracq appears in the forms Mayrac (1376, military watch of Béarn), Sanctus-Saturninus de Meyrac (1607, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron), Meirac (1675, reformation of Béarn) Meyrac (1863, dictionary of Paul Raymond).

Sévignacq is formed of the Latin name Sabinius and means field of Sabinius, of the same Meyracq means field of Macer.

History

Paul Raymond note which the commune of Sévignacq counted a laic abbey, vassal of the Viscount of Béarn.
In 1385, Sévignacq counted 29 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Ossau.
Meyracq was a village dependant on Sévignacq and counted 6 fires in 1385.
Sévignacq and Meyracq amalgamated in 1866.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to eight inter-commune structures:
  • arranges public local management
  • SIVOM of the valley of Ossau
  • trade union of the perception of Arudy
  • trade union of teaching regrouping of Holy-Colome and Sévignacq-Meyracq
  • mixed trade-union of the Lake Castet
  • intercommunity association of cleansing of Holy-Colome water
  • trade union 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

The figure for 2006 is that of the provisional population established by INSEE.

Economy

The economy of the commune is primarily directed towards agriculture and the élevage.
Granite and marble careers are always in activity in the commune.
An old thermal spring is currently exploited.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

  • Houses of XVIe and XVIIe centuries.
  • Castle of Sévignacq, or castle of Étigny (old laic abbey) dating from the beginning of the XVIIe century and altered at the XIXe century.

Religious heritage

  • Church Saint-Pierre (Sévignacq) of the XVIIe century.

Equipment

The commune has an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

  • Auguste Cazalet, born on September 7th, 1938 in Sévignacq-Meyracq, is a Politician French, member of the group UMP.

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