Auga

Auga
Countryside in Auga Countryside in Auga
Auga
Location within Aquitaine region Auga
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Thèze
Intercommunality	Luys en Béarn
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Paul Lacabanne
Area1	4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	140
• Density	35/km2 (90/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64077 / 64450
Elevation	123–258 m (404–846 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Auga is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the 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 Sauvagnon in the south. The D220 road goes south from the village to Viven. The commune is mostly farmland with scattered forests.

The Pyrénées-Atlantiques Interurban Network bus line has a stop in the commune on route 842 from Malaussanne to Pau.

The Luy de France flows north up the eastern side of the commune and continues north-west to join the Luy de Béarn to form the Luy north-east of Castel-Sarrazin.

Places and hamlets

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

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Augar. Michel Grosclaude 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.

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Auga	Algar	11th century	Raymond	16	Saint-Pé	Village
	Augar	13th century	Raymond	16	Fors de Béarn
	Augaar	1385	Raymond	16	Census
	Augaa	1437	Raymond	16	Homages
	Sent Laurens d'Auguaa	1538	Raymond	16	Reformation
	Augua	1544	Raymond	16	Reformation
Abescat	Abescat	1673	Raymond	2	Reformation	Fief under the Viscounts of Béarn
Baradat	Baradat	1863	Raymond	20		Place

Sources:

• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (French)
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (French)

Origins:

• Saint-Pé: Cartulary of the Abbey of Saint-Pé
• Fors de Béarn
• Census: Census of Béarn
• Homages: Homages of Béarn
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn

History

Auriol Centulle, third son of Centule IV, Viscount of Béarn, and Angèle d'Oloron, was lord of Clarac, Igon, Baudreix, Boeil, and Auga.

Paul Raymond noted on page 17 of the 1863 dictionary that the commune had two Lay Abbeys, vassals of the Viscounts of Béarn: Abadie-Susan and Abadie-Jusan. In 1385, Auga had 22 fires and depended on the bailiwick 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

File:Auga vue 2.JPG

Auga Village

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1983	1995	Alexis Cassoulet
1995	2001	Michel Chéret	PS
2001	2008	Pierre Dubourdieu
2001	2014	Pierre Chéret	PS	Regional Councillor
2014	2020	Jean-Paul Lacabanne

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:

• the Community of communes of 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 2010 the commune had 140 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
244	239	266	302	344	318	302	307	323

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
327	303	285	270	259	245	224	171	168

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
192	190	184	137	134	131	142	148	132

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
140	138	114	121	136	113	140	140	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

File:Population - Municipality code 64077.svg

Population of Auga

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)
• A House at Haou (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at Pellarouy (17th century)
• A Farmhouse at Pargade (1733)
• A Farmhouse at Miraut (1830)
• The Maison Lacabanne Farmhouse at Bret (17th century)
• The Maison Labescat House (19th century) This was one of the two Lay Abbeys mentioned by Paul Raymond which was rebuilt in the 19th century.
• A Mill at Grange Haget (1707)
• The Maison Dubourdieu House (19th century)
• A Farmhouse at Claux (1780)
• A Farmhouse at Bidot (1801)
• The Chateau d'Auga Fourcade fortified chateau (11th century)
• Houses and Farms (17th-19th centuries)

Religious heritage

File:Eglise d'Auga.JPG

The Church of Saint-Laurent

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)

Facilities

Education

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

Sports

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

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

External links

• Auga on Google Maps
• Auga on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Anga on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Auga on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)