Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Barinque (French pronunciation: [baʁɛ̃k] Occitan : Barinco ) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France .[ 3]
Geography
Barinque is located on a steep hill overlooking the Souye valley, some 15 kilometres north-east of Pau and 7 km south-east of Auriac in the Vic-Bihl region. Access to the commune is by the D222 road from Higuères-Souye in the south which goes north through the west of the commune to the village then continues east to join the D43 which forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it goes from Escoubès in the east to Saint-Jammes in the south. There are large areas of forest in the south of the commune and scattered forests in the commune however most of the commune is farmland.[ 4]
The Luy de France flows from the south forming the entire western border of the commune before continuing north to eventually join the Luy north of Castel-Sarrazin . The Souye river flows from south to north-west through the heart of the commune joining the Luy de France on the western border of the commune. The Ruisseau de Cimpceu rises east of the village and flows north to join the Gabas west of Sévignacq .[ 4]
Places and Hamlets
Below is a list of places and hamlets in the commune:[ 5]
Antoni
Arnaud
Artigou
Auguste
Barbe
Barthe
Bié
Bourdallé
Castagnet
Champrilh
Charron
Coulate
Daguet
Fisse
La Gare
Garimbay
Gélizé
Grabette
Jeanbounat
Labat
Laragnou
Lardas
Lasalle
Lauga
Lavigne (2 places)
Loudet[ 6]
Loustau
Margotou
Mariette
Marque
Mingenette
Monge
Mouchou
Parjouan
Pébrocq
Picou
Pierrot[ 7]
Piot
Piquet
Pisseu
Portaix
Prétou
Prince
Pucheu
Saubade[ 8]
Soubirou
Toulardet
Neighbouring communes and villages [ 4]
Toponymy
The commune name in béarnais is Barinco (pronounced Barincou ). Michel Grosclaude concluded that the name is of Occitan origin with the meaning "slope towards a ravine",[ 9] Gaulish and pre-Gaulish root barr- meaning "height" or "summit" with the suffix -incum .[ 10]
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Name
Spelling
Date
Source
Page
Origin
Description
Barinque Barinco
1385
Grosclaude
Village
Barinco
1402
Raymond
21
Census
Barincquo
1538
Raymond
21
Reformation
Barinquo
1542
Raymond
21
Barinque
Barincou
1676
Raymond
21
Reformation
Barrinque
1801
Raymond
21
Bulletin des lois
Sansous Sansous
1385
Raymond
156
Census
Farm
Sources:
Origins:
Census: Census of Béarn[ 12] Reformation: Reformation of Béarn[ 13] Barinque: Titles of Barinque[ 14]
History
Countryside in Barinque Paul Raymond noted on page 21 of his 1863 dictionary that Barinque had a Lay Abbey , vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn .
In 1385 Barinque had 15 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau .[ 11]
Barinque was part of the Barony of Navailles in the Middle Ages .[ 15]
The commune was part of the Arch-Deaconry of Vic-Bilh which depended on the Bishop of Lescar and Lembeye was the capital.[ 11]
Barinque appears as Barinque on the 1750 Cassini Map [ 16] Barringue on the 1790 version.[ 17]
Administration
List of Successive Mayors [ 18]
From
To
Name
1900
1929
Alphonse Castagnet
1929
1931
Bernard Millet
1931
1944
Guillaume Piot
1944
1945
Jean Laborde-Loustau
1945
1947
Guillaume Piot
1947
1977
Jean Laborde-Loustau
1977
2008
José Laborde-Loustau
2008
2020
Bernard Buron
2020
2026
Sylvie Larrochelle
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barinquais or Barinquaises in French.[ 19]
Historical population Year 1793 525 — 1800 547 +0.59% 1806 564 +0.51% 1821 559 −0.06% 1831 584 +0.44% 1836 624 +1.33% 1841 642 +0.57% 1846 653 +0.34% 1851 641 −0.37% 1856 617 −0.76% 1861 592 −0.82% 1866 558 −1.18% 1872 512 −1.42% 1876 504 −0.39% 1881 501 −0.12% 1886 503 +0.08% 1891 460 −1.77% 1896 482 +0.94%
Year 1901 488 +0.25% 1906 466 −0.92% 1911 417 −2.20% 1921 352 −1.68% 1926 346 −0.34% 1931 331 −0.88% 1936 345 +0.83% 1946 304 −1.26% 1954 283 −0.89% 1962 261 −1.01% 1968 257 −0.26% 1975 269 +0.65% 1982 370 +4.66% 1990 470 +3.04% 1999 489 +0.44% 2007 562 +1.75% 2012 605 +1.49% 2017 606 +0.03%
Source: EHESS[ 20] [ 21]
The War Memorial
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
A Farmhouse at Saubade (1733)[ 8]
A Farmhouse at Pierrot (1765)[ 7]
A Farmhouse at Loudet (19th century)[ 6]
Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)[ 22]
Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Saint-Barthélémy The Parish Church of Saint-Barthélémy (12th century)[ 23]
See also
References
^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies . 28 December 2023.^ INSEE commune file ^ a b c Barinque on Google Maps ^ Barinque on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French) ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026900 Farmhouse at Loudet (in French)
^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026901 Farmhouse at Pierrot (in French)
^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026902 Farmhouse at Saubade (in French)
^ a b Michel Grosclaude , Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn , Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French) ^ Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, Etymological Dictionary of place names in France , Larousse, Paris, 1963 (in French)
^ a b c Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees Paul Raymond , Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French) ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
^ Titles of Barinque in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
^ Barinque official website - History page (in French) ^ Barinque on the 1750 Cassini Map^ Barringue on the 1790 Cassini Map^ List of Mayors of France (in French) ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques , habitants.fr^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui : Commune data sheet Barinque , EHESS (in French) .^ Population en historique depuis 1968 , INSEE^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026899 Houses and Farms (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026903 Parish Church of Saint-Barthélémy (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000497 Furniture in the Church (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000496 Container for Baptismal water (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000495 Collection Plate (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000494 6 Candlesticks (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000493 Chalice (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000491 Processional Banner (1) IM64000492 Processional Banner (2) (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000490 Mural Painting: Saints Paul and Peter and 2 Angels (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000489 Stoup (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000488 Secondary Altar of the Virgin with Tabernacle and stand for a Monstrance (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000487 Altar Painting: the Martyrdom of Saint Barthélémy (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000486 Retable (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000485 3 Statuettes: Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and the Virgin with child (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000484 Tabernacle (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000483 Main Altar and Tomb (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000482 Main Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000481 Stained glass window: Saint John (Bay 2) (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000480 4 Stained glass windows (Bays 3-6) (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000479 Capital and recessed Stoup (in French)
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