Lanneplaà (French pronunciation: [lanpla]; Occitan: Lanaplan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

Geography

Location

Lanneplaà is located some 5 km south-west of Orthez.

Access

Access to the commune is by road D23 from Orthez and by road D267. « Route de Sainte-Suzanne » is another access. The A64 autoroute passes in Orthez the nearest exit being Exit  8  some 9 km north-east of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with scattered forests.[3]

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by a tributary of Laà, the stream of Moulins, and a tributaryof Saleys, the arriou of Mondran.

Places and hamlets

Neighbouring communes and villages[3]

Distances are calculated as the crow flies compared to neighboring villages town halls

Toponymy

The following table details the origins of the commune name.
Name Century / year Source Origin
Lanepla 10th century[5] cartulaire de Sorde[6] / Raymond
Lane-Pla et Lanne-Pla 1172[7] cartulaire de Sorde[6] / Raymond
Laneplan 1323[5] cartulaire d'Orthez[8] / Raymond
Llaneplaa 1385[7]
Lanaplaa 1536[5] Raymond Béarn[9]
Lanaplan 1538[5] Raymond Béarn[9]
Lanneplâa end 18th century[7] carte de Cassini / Cassini
Lanneplaa 1793[10] Cassini
Lanneplau 1801[10] Bulletin des lois / Cassini
Lanneplàa 1863 Topographical Dictionary Béarn-Pays basque[5] / Raymond
Lanneplaà

Lanneplaà as for origin the Gascon lana (resulting from the Gaulish language landa, "lande"(moor)) and plana ("plane"[7] ("flat")).

Lanneplaà thus indicates a plain of Meadow.

History

Paul Raymond noted that the municipality had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.

On 1385, Lanneplaà depended on the bailiwick of Larbaig and there were 39 fires.

Administration

List of Mayors
Mayor Term start Term end Party
Jacques Laulhé 1977 2001 Independent politician
Jacques Laulhé 2001 2008 Independent politician
Jacques Laulhé 2008 2014 Independent politician
Aline Langlès 2014 2020 Independent politician
Pierre Ziegler 2020 2026

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Lanneplanais or Lanneplanaises in French.[11]

Economy

Culture and heritage

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Lanneplaà · 64300, France".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar Géoportail - IGN. "Géoportail". Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e Paul Raymond, Topographical Dictionary Béarn-Pays basque
  6. ^ a b Cartulaire de l'abbaye Saint-Jean de Sorde, publié par extraits dans les preuves de l'Histoire de Béarn de Pierre de Marca
  7. ^ a b c d Michel Grosclaude (2006), Dictionnaire toponymique des communes, Béarn, Cairn éditions, p. 296, ISBN 2-35068-005-3
  8. ^ Cartulaire d'Orthez, dit Martinet, manuscrit du XIVe au XVIIe siècle - Archives de la mairie d'Orthez
  9. ^ a b Manuscrit du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle - Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  10. ^ a b "Lanneplaà". Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) on the site of l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
  11. ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr