Barzun () is a

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in the

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in the

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region of south-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barzunais'' or ''Barzunaises''.

Geography

Barzun is located some 20 km east by south-east of Pau and 15 km north-west of

Lourdes Lourdes (, also , ; oc, Lorda ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the Château ...

. Access to the commune is by the D940 road from Espoey in the north-west which passes through the commune just west of the village and continues south to

Lamarque-Pontacq Lamarque-Pontacq (; oc, Era Marca) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is des ...

. The D640 comes from Livron in the north and passes through the village continuing to

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in the south. The D642 and the D418 connect the D940 to the village. The D42 passes through the eastern tip of the commune. The commune is all farmland except for a belt of forest east of and parallel to the ''Ruisseau de l'Ousse''. The ''Ruisseau de l'Ousse'' flows through the commune and the village from south-east to north and continues north to join the

Gave de Pau The Gave de Pau () is a river of south-western France. It takes its name from the city of Pau, through which it flows. The river is long ( including the Gaves réunis), and its source is at the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees mountains. The ...

at Pau. The ''Oussère'' river flows parallel to the ''Ruisseau de l'Ousse'' west of the village until they join north of the commune. The ''Sausse'' forms the western border of the commune as it flows north to join the ''Ourrou'' north-west of the commune. The ''Hoursoumou'' and the ''Ruisseau du Goua de Michou'' flow parallel to each other north through the east of the commune continuing to join the Gabas Lake at

Luquet Luquet () is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. Together with Gardères, the commune forms an enclave of Hautes-Pyrénées within the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. A neighbouring second enclave compris ...

Places and hamlets

* Arribarrouy * Balagué * Batailles * Bédat * Bédat et Sarrailh * Boyrie * Capblan * Cazaillet * Cazala (barn) * Las Cordes * La Débèze * Goua (bridge) * Grada (barn) * Hourcaspy * Hourmiau * Hourq Mayou et Espélague * Labourdette * Lanas * Lapalangue (bridge) * Larbiouze (barn) * Larroutis * Layrisse (barn) * Lupié Thén * Moulat * Nargasse (barn) * Pardimène (mill) * Pène * Pistoulet (barn) * Le Poublan * Ramounet * Técous et Labie * Tisnères (barn)

Toponymy

Un fontaine à l'entrée de Barzun vue 1 datant de 1879

Michel Grosclaude Michel Grosclaude (; oc, Miquèu; 1926–2002) was a philosopher and French linguist, and an author of works on grammar, lexicography and Occitan onomastics. Biography Born on 8 July 1926 in Nancy at (Meurthe-et-Moselle). He was the son of ...

said that the name probably comes from the

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anthroponym ''Barisius'' with the suffix ''-unum''. The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune. Sources: *

Raymond Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

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''Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees''
1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. ''Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees''
Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 *Grosclaude: ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', 2006

, ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, *Cassini1: 1750

Cassini Map The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Ca ...

*Cassini2: 1790

Origins: *Chapter: Titles of the Chapter of

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 Bas ...

Titles of the

Viscounts of Béarn The viscounts of Béarn (Basque: ''Bearno'', Gascon: ''Bearn'' or ''Biarn'') were the rulers of the viscounty of Béarn, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in southwest France. Along with the three Basque provinc ...

in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Census: Census of BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

History

Paul Raymond noted of page 22 of his 1863 dictionary that Barzun had 13

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in 1385 and depended on the

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of Pau. In the 18th century Barzun was the chief town for the notary of ''Rivière-Ousse'' which comprised

Artigueloutan Artigueloutan (; oc, Artigalotan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is part of the urban area (''aire d'attraction des villes'') of Pau. The inhabitants of the co ...

, Barzun, Espoey,

Gomer Gomer ( he, ''Gōmer'', ; el, Γαμὲρ, translit=Gamér) was the eldest son of Japheth (and of the Japhetic line), and father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah, according to the "Table of Nations" in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 10). The epo ...

, Hours,

Lée Lée () or Lee is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department ...

, Livron, Louboey,

Lucgarier Lucgarier (; oc, Lucgarrièr) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlanti ...

Nousty Nousty (; oc, Nostin) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. The inhabitants of the town of Nousty are called ''Noustysiens'', ''Noustysiennes'' in French.Ousse Ousse (; oc, Ossa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques depa ...

, Sendets, and

Soumoulou Soumoulou (; oc, Somolon) is a commune in the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Aquitaine), southwestern France. It is 120 km from the Basque Coast and the beaches south of the Lande ...

Administration

List of Successive

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Inter-communality

The commune is part of four inter-communal structures: * the Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn; * the water management association of the Ousse basin * the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; * the inter-communal association for water and sanitation in the Ousse valley;

Education

The commune has a public primary school.

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 591 inhabitants. Monument aux morts de Barzun

Economy

The commune is part of the

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Ossau-iraty Ossau-Iraty is an Occitan-Basque cheese made from sheep milk. Origin Ossau-Iraty or Esquirrou is produced in south-western France, in the Northern Basque Country and in Béarn. Its name reflects its geographical location, the Ossau Valley in Bé ...

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint Vincent Diacre (1854) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée

Notable people linked to the commune

* Louis Pardimène, born on 15 July 1880 in Barzun, son of Pierre and Marie Ribes, soldier in the 83rd Infantry Regiment who was shot as an example on 7 January 1915 at Châlons-sur-Marne. *

Pierre-Marie Théas Pierre-Marie Théas (September 14, 1894 – April 3, 1977) was a French Roman Catholic Bishop of Montauban and Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes. A significant figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism in France, he was recognised as Righteous among the ...

, born in 1894 at Barzun and died in 1977, was a French Catholic religious,

Bishop of Montauban The Roman Catholic Diocese of Montauban (Latin: ''Dioecesis Montis Albani''; French: ''Diocèse de Montauban'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The diocese is coextensive with Tarn-et-Garonne, and is current ...

then of the

Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes (Latin: ''Dioecesis Tarbiensis et Lourdensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Tarbes et Lourdes'') is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite diocese in France. Until 2002 Tarbes was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of ...

. * Gaëtan Paletou,

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who participated in the

24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance r ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

References

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