Lys, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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Lys
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Lys
Coordinates: 43°07′52″N0°21′06″W / 43.1311°N 0.3517°W / 43.1311; -0.3517
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2
Intercommunality Vallée d'Ossau
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Nadège Poueymirou Bouchet [1]
Area
1
15.40 km2 (5.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2021) [2]
323
  Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64363 /64260
Elevation304–510 m (997–1,673 ft)
(avg. 424 m or 1,391 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lys (French pronunciation: [lis] ; Occitan : Lo Lis) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.

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Geography

Hydrography

The river Landistou  [ fr ], a 12.5 km long tributary of the Béez, passes through the village Lys. Several tributaries of the Landistou (Betbeder, Bonnasserre, Chourrup, Lazerau, Lespereu) also pass through the commune. [3] The northern part of the commune is drained by the river Luz  [ fr ], a 15.2 km long tributary of the Gave de Pau, and some of its tributaries (Gest, Herran, Luz de Casalis). [4] The southern part of the commune is drained by the stream Ruisseau de la Fontaine de Mesplé (Béez basin), and its tributary Ruisseau de Subercase. [5]

Localities and Hamlets

Surrounding Communities

Toponymy

The name Lys appears as Lis-Sainte-Colomme (Lily Saint Colomme) from the 1721 census. The name comes from Gascony, and means 'flat land'.

History

Lys was formerly an annex of Sainte-Colome until it acquired municipality status in 1858. [6]

Administration

The current mayor is Nadège Poueymirou Bouchet, in office since 2020. [1]

The town is part of the following intercommunal structures:

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1861 1,080    
1866 1,070−0.19%
1872 1,084+0.22%
1876 1,040−1.03%
1881 962−1.55%
1886 985+0.47%
1891 998+0.26%
1896 924−1.53%
1901 916−0.17%
1906 908−0.18%
1911 856−1.17%
1921 685−2.20%
1926 657−0.83%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1931 622−1.09%
1936 621−0.03%
1946 564−0.96%
1954 526−0.87%
1962 518−0.19%
1968 450−2.32%
1975 430−0.65%
1982 412−0.61%
1990 376−1.14%
1999 348−0.86%
2007 354+0.21%
2012 350−0.23%
2017 334−0.93%
Source: EHESS [6] and INSEE (1968-2017) [7]

Economy

The town's economy is primarily oriented toward agriculture and livestock (sheep, cattle, pigs, mules).

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Landistou (Q5010550)".
  4. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Luz (Q5030500)".
  5. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau de la Fontaine de Mesplé (Q5000730)".
  6. 1 2 Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lys, EHESS (in French).
  7. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE