Auga (; oc, Augar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

Auga is located some 20 km north of Pau and 35 km east of Orthez. Access to the commune is by the D40 road which branches off the D944 just south of Méracq and goes south through the length of the commune and the village before continuing to join the D834 near

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in the south. The D220 road goes south from the village to

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. The commune is mostly farmland with scattered forests.Google Maps
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to Pau. The

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flows north up the eastern side of the commune and continues north-west to join the

Luy de Béarn The Luy de Béarn (, literally ''Luy of Béarn''; oc, Lui de Bearn) is a left tributary of the Luy, in the Southwest of France. It is long. Geography The source of the Luy de Béarn is at the base of the plateau of Ger, east of Pau. It fl ...

to form the Luy north-east of

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Places and hamlets

* Bidot * Bret * Castaing * Cazenave * Claux * Grange Haget * Haou * Laplante * Lauroua * Maupas * Méhil * Miraut * Moun * Pargade * Parrot * Pellarouy * Péruillet Géoportail

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Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is ''Augar''.

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suggested the etymology is Gascon coming from ''augar'' meaning "marshy terrain". The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune. Sources: * Raymond:''
''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, Origins: *Saint-Pé: Cartulary of the Abbey of Saint-Pé Cartulary of the Abbey of Saint-Pé, Pierre de Marca, ''History of Béarn'' *

Fors de Béarn The Fors de Bearn, or fueros of Béarn, are a series of legal texts (privileges, rulings, judicial sentences, decrees, formularies) compiled over centuries (mostly the eleventh to thirteenth) in the Viscounty of Béarn. Together they formed th ...

Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Census: Census of Béarn *Homages: Homages of

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Manuscript from 1343 in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

History

Auriol Centulle, third son of

Centule IV, Viscount of Béarn Centule IV Gaston (died 1058), called the Old, was the seventh Viscount of Béarn from 1012 to his death. He succeeded his father Gaston II while yet a minor, under a regency until 1022. His mother was his father's wife of an unknown name. Reig ...

, and Angèle d'Oloron, was lord of Clarac,

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, Baudreix, Boeil, and Auga. Paul Raymond noted on page 17 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had two

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s, vassals of the Viscounts of Béarn: ''Abadie-Susan'' and ''Abadie-Jusan''. In 1385, Auga had 22 fires and depended on the

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of Pau. Auga was also a ''ruffebaronnie'', vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn. The fief of Abescat was also a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Inter-communality

The commune is part of four inter-communal structures: * the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn; * the AEP association of Arzacq; * the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; * the inter-communal association of Aubin-Auga-Doumy-Bournos;

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 153 inhabitants.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments: *The Haou Blacksmith's House (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A House at Haou (19th century) *A Farmhouse at Pellarouy (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Pargade (1733)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Miraut (1830)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Maison Lacabanne Farmhouse at Bret (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Maison Labescat House (19th century) This was one of the two

s mentioned by Paul Raymond which was rebuilt in the 19th century. *A Mill at Grange Haget (1707)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Maison Dubourdieu House (19th century) *A Farmhouse at Claux (1780)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Bidot (1801)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Chateau d'Auga Fourcade fortified chateau (11th century) *Houses and Farms (17th-19th centuries)

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (12th century) is registered as a historical monument. The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects: *The Furniture in the Church *The Furniture in the Church (Supplementary list) *A Painting: Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint Laurent (18th century) * Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, and 2 Statues (19th century) *The Balustrade of the gallery (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Facilities

Education

Auga has no primary school as it is part of an inter-communal educational regrouping with Aubin, Bournos, and

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Sports

People from the commune play football at ESBDG (Bournos Doumy Garlède Sports Group)

References

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