Barzun () is a commune in the

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department 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

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. Access to the commune is by the D940 road from

Espoey Espoey (; ) 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 545 Communes of France, communes of the Pyrénées-Atlanti ...

in the north-west which passes through the commune just west of the village and continues south to Lamarque-Pontacq. The D640 comes from Livron in the north and passes through the village continuing to

Pontacq Pontacq (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department in south-western France. The town is placed near the Ousse River valley and the Pyrenees, lying close to Lourdes, a pilgrimage site. The ...

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 although its source is considered to be on the Cirque de Gavarnie in t ...

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 compri ...

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

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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: *

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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

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*Cassini2: 1790

Origins: *Chapter: Titles of the Chapter of

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Titles of the

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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

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, Barzun,

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, Hours,

Lée Lée () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. In 1973, it was merged into the commune Idron-Lée-Ousse-Sendets with three other communes: Idron, Ousse and Sendets. In 1989 the commune of Lée was recre ...

, Livron, Louboey, Lucgarier,

Nousty Nousty (; ) 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, Sendets, and

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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

Appellation d'origine contrôlée In France, the ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (, ; abbr. AOC ) is a label that identifies an agricultural product whose stages of production and processing are carried out in a defined geographical area – the ''terroir'' – and using ...

Ossau-iraty Ossau-Iraty () is a Basque cheese made from sheep's 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 Béarn ...

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 (14 September 1894 – 3 April 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 Na ...

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

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then of the

Diocese of Tarbes-et-Lourdes The Diocese of Tarbes et Lourdes (Latin: ''Dioecesis Tarbiensis et Lourdensis''; French language, French: ''Diocèse de Tarbes et Lourdes'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Until 2002 Tarbes ...

. * Gaëtan Paletou,

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who participated in the

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References

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