Mourenx (; oc, Morencs) is a commune in the

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 Atlanti ...

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in south-western

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History

A settlement of ''Mourengs'' existed in the eleventh century. A secular

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existed, belonging to the

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. In 1385 the village had 27

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s. Natural gas deposits were discovered in nearby Lacq in 1951. A new town was constructed in 1958 to provide accommodation for the workers required at the gas processing plant. The town was designed by architects and urbanists Coulon, Douillet and Maneval. It consisted of three groups of collective housing, three groups of family housing, all around a central area of support facilities. The well-known French sociologist Henri Lefebvre carried out a study of Mourenx and its inhabitants at the time of its creation.

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Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques New towns in France New towns started in the 1950s Pyrénées-Atlantiques communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{PyrénéesAtlantiques-geo-stub

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