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Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Oloron-Sainte-Marie (; oc, Auloron e Senta Maria; eu, Oloroe-Donamaria) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), southwestern France. History The town was founded by the Romans in the 1st century, then known as ''Illoronensium''. Situated on the Roman way between the important towns of Dax and Saragossa, its position was strategic. Today known as Saint-Great, Gratus of Oloron became in 506 the first known archbishop of the Ancient Diocese of Oloron then known as "Iluro". The history of the town during the Migration Period is little known. In 1080, the viscount Centule V, Viscount of Béarn built the new city of "Oloron" (medieval version of the Roman name Iluro) on the opposite side of the river from the diocese center. Centule V restored the Roman walls and founded the strong city of Oloron that was to be used as a base to retake Aragon held by the Moors. The Oloron Cathedral was built at the begi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oloron Cathedral
Oloron Cathedral (french: Cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Oloron-Sainte-Marie), now St. Mary's Church (french: Eglise Sainte-Marie), is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral located in the town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'' of France. It is in the Romanesque and Gothic architectural traditions. Construction was started in the 12th century by Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn. It was the seat of the Bishopric of Oloron, suppressed by the Concordat of 1801. It has been listed as a ''monument historique'' by the French Ministry of Culture since March 1939, and was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ... in 1998. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1
The canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 is an administrative division of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, southwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Oloron-Sainte-Marie. It consists of the following communes: #Accous # Agnos #Ance Féas #Aramits #Aren #Arette #Asasp-Arros #Aydius #Bedous #Bidos #Borce #Cette-Eygun # Escot #Esquiule #Etsaut #Eysus #Géronce #Geüs-d'Oloron #Gurmençon #Issor # Lanne-en-Barétous #Lées-Athas #Lescun #Lourdios-Ichère #Lurbe-Saint-Christau #Moumour #Oloron-Sainte-Marie (partly) #Orin #Osse-en-Aspe #Préchacq-Josbaig #Saint-Goin #Sarrance #Urdos Urdos is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. Its station on the Pau–Canfranc railway was closed after an accident in 1970. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is ... References Cantons of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{PyrénéesA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2
The canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2 is an administrative division of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, southwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Oloron-Sainte-Marie. It consists of the following communes: #Arudy #Aste-Béon #Béost # Bescat # Bielle #Bilhères # Buziet # Buzy #Castet #Eaux-Bonnes # Escou #Escout #Estialescq #Estos #Gère-Bélesten # Goès # Herrère #Izeste #Laruns #Lasseube # Lasseubetat # Ledeuix #Louvie-Juzon #Louvie-Soubiron # Lys #Ogeu-les-Bains #Oloron-Sainte-Marie (partly) # Poey-d'Oloron # Précilhon # Rébénacq #Sainte-Colome #Saucède #Sévignacq-Meyracq Sévignacq-Meyracq (; oc, Sevinhac e Meirac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also * Ossau Valley *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 com ... # Verdets References Cantons of Pyrénées-Atlantique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean, it covers the French Basque Country and the Béarn. Its prefecture is Pau. In 2019, it had a population of 682,621.Populations légales 2019: 64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques INSEE History Originally named Basses-Pyrénées, it is one of the first 83 created during the |
Gratus Of Oloron
Saint Gratus of Oloron (french: Grat d'Oloron; ca, Grat d'Auloron; also known, from his place of birth, as ''Grat de Lichos'') (born 5th century; died after 506) was the first bishop of Oloron. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church. Life He was born in the 5th century at Lichos, in the lower valley of the River Saison, into a Catholic family. During his youth Catholics were persecuted by the Arian Euric, king of the Visigoths (466-485). Euric's successor, Alaric II (485-507), was tolerant towards them, permitting among other things the creation of Catholic bishoprics, including that of Oloron, of which Gratus was the first bishop. He took part in the Council of Agde in 506, where 34 Catholic bishops of the Visigothic kingdom met under the chairmanship of Saint Caesarius of Arles. In 507, the Visigoths were defeated by Clovis at the Battle of Vouillé. After the death of Clovis in 511, however, there was a still a strong Visigothic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béarn
The Béarn (; ; oc, Bearn or ''Biarn''; eu, Bearno or ''Biarno''; or ''Bearnia'') is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinces of Soule, Lower Navarre, and Labourd, the Principality of Bidache, as well as small parts of Gascony, it forms in the southwest the current ''département'' of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64). The capitals of Béarn were Beneharnum (until 841), Morlaàs (from ca. 1100), Orthez (from the second half of the 13th century), and then Pau (beginning in the mid-15th century). Béarn is bordered by Basque provinces Soule and Lower Navarre to the west, by Gascony ( Landes and Armagnac) to the north, by Bigorre to the east, and by Spain (Aragon) to the south. Today, the mainstays of the Béarn area are the petroleum industry, the aerospace industry through the helicopter turboshaft engine manufacturer Turbomeca, tourism and agriculture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gave D'Oloron
The Gave d'Oloron is a river of south-western France near the border with Spain. It takes its name from the city Oloron-Sainte-Marie, where it is formed from the rivers Gave d'Aspe and Gave d'Ossau. It joins the Gave de Pau in Peyrehorade to form the Gaves réunis, a tributary of the Adour. The Gave d'Oloron is used for fishing. The river is long, including its source rivers Gave d'Ossau and Gave du Brousset. Near Sauveterre-de-Béarn it takes up its largest tributary, the Saison. The Gave d'Oloron flows through the following ''départements'' and towns: * Pyrénées-Atlantiques: Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Sauveterre-de-Béarn. * Landes: Peyrehorade Peyrehorade (; oc, Pèirahorada) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises .... References Rivers of France Rivers of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Rivers of Lande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gave D'Ossau
The Gave d'Ossau is the torrential river flowing through the Ossau Valley, one of the three main valleys of the High-Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France. It is formed in Gabas from the confluence of two gaves coming from both sides of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau: * the Gave de Bious, from the Pic d'Astu (west) * the Gave du Brousset, from the Anéou Circus (east). After joining the Gave d'Aspe, in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, it forms the Gave d'Oloron. It is considered the upper course of the Gave d'Oloron by Sandre. Throughout its length, the river is paralleled by the D934 road that runs from Pau to Spain, via the Col du Pourtalet. In Castet, a dam forms the Lac de Castet. Main tributaries * (R) Gave de Soussouéou * (L) Gée from the Coig Arras, in the Gorges du Bitet * (R) Valentin, from Gourette ** (R) Cély, from the Col d'Aubisque * (L) l'Arrioutort, in Laruns * (R) Canceigt. * (R) Sourde, in Aste. * (L) Arriou Mage, in Bielle. * (R) Lau. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Diocese Of Oloron
The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Oloron was a Latin rite bishopric in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Aquitaine region of south-west France, from the 6th to the 19th century. History The diocese of Oleron already existed in the 6th century, when Bishop Gratus attended the Council of Agde. The diocese of Oleron was a suffragan (provincial subordinate) to the Archdiocese of Eauze, holding the eighth place of nine, until Eauze was destroyed by the Normans around 845. It then became a suffragan of Auch, which was raised to the status of a metropolitan archbishopric in 847. For administrative purposes the diocese was subdivided (by the thirteenth century) into six archdeaconries, those of Oleron, Soule, Navarrenx, Garenz, Aspe, and Lasseube. The archdeaconries and archpriesthoods disappeared in the sixteenth century, when Béarn was protestantized by the official policy of the royal house of Navarre, especially by Jeanne d'Albret. The bishops of Oleron were also seigneurs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Nouvelle-Aquitaine (; oc, Nòva Aquitània or ; eu, Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Novéle-Aguiéne'') is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014 through the merger of three regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. It covers – or of the country – and has 5,956,978 inhabitants (municipal population on 1 January 2017). The new region was established on 1 January 2016, following the regional elections in December 2015. It is the largest region in France by area (including overseas regions such as French Guiana), with a territory slightly larger than that of Austria. Its prefecture and largest city, Bordeaux, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the seventh-largest metropolitan area of France, with 850,000 inhabitants. The region has 25 major urban areas, among which the most important after Bordeaux are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gave D'Aspe
The Gave d'Aspe is a torrential river flowing through the Aspe Valley, one of the three main valleys of the High-Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the southwest of France. It is long. It is formed in the ''Aspe Cirque'', below the Aspe peak, elevation , in Spain. After joining the Gave d'Ossau, in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, it forms the Gave d'Oloron. Main tributaries * (R) ''Arnousse'' * (L) ''Gave de Baralet'' * (R) ''Sescouet'' * (L) ''Gave de Bélonce'' * (R) ''Escuarpe'', in Cette-Eygun * (L) ''Gave de Lescun'' * (R) ''Berthe'', from Accous * (L) ''Malugar'', from Athas * (L) ''Arricq d'Osse'' * (R) ''Gabarret'', aka ''Gave d'Aydius'' * (R) ''Barrescou'', from the Marie-Blanque Pass * (L) '' Lourdios'' * (R) ''Ourtau'' Départements and towns * Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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