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PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES
Région : AQUITAINE
| department (1990 pop. 581,300), SW France;
formerly Basses-Pyrénées dept. Pau is the capital. Pau : at the foot of the Pyrenees. It is a major year-round tourist
center, renowned for its spa and winter sports, as well as its scenery. It has
metallurgical and wool industries, and aeronautical equipment, shoes, and clothing are
manufactured. Founded in the 11th cent., it became the capital of Béarn in the 15th cent. and
the residence of the kings of Navarre
in 1512. Henry IV was born in its château. Its university was founded in 1724 |
Pau : castle |
typical "basque" house |
Basque pelote (sport) |
Anglet |
Corrida |
Fort
of Socoa, Ciboure |
Tourism Office :
OFFICE MUNICIPAL DE TOURISME
Place Royale
Téléphone : 05.59.27.27.08
Télécopie : 05.59.27.03.21
omt@ville-pau.fr
old
province : Béarn |
| Béarn , former
province, SW France, in the Pyrenees. It is now the inland part of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
dept. Its valleys are well cultivated, and cattle are bred. Pau replaced Orthez as the
capital in the 15th cent. The Bearnese are related to the Basques but speak French. Béarn
was part of Roman Aquitania. It came (6th cent.) under the control of Gascony and was made (9th
cent.) a county. In 1290 it passed to the counts of Foix, who later became kings of
Navarre, and in 1484 to the house of Albret. Protestantism was
imposed by Jeanne d'Albret. When her son became Henry IV of France, Béarn passed to the
crown. However, it remained autonomous until 1620, when Louis XIII annexed it as an
anti-Protestant measure. With the Basque districts of French or Lower Navarre, it became a
French province under the jurisdiction of the parlement of Navarre, which sat at Pau. |
RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENT :
http://jomave.chez.tiscali.fr/adgenweb/AD64.html
Archives Départementales
Boulevard Tourasse
64000 PAU
France |
Archives Municipales
Bibliothèque Municipale
BP 1621
64016 PAU CEDEX
France |
Archives Municipales
Bibliothèque Municipale
Service des Archives
Rue des Gouverneurs
64100 BAYONNE
France
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Societies
Centre généalogique des Pyrénées-Atlantiques
B.P. 1115
64011 PAU
France
On the Internet: http://www.world-address.com/cgpa
Cercle Généalogique du Pays Basque et du Bas-Adour
25, rue Saint Forcet
64100 BAYONNE
France
FRANCE GENWEB AQUITAINE :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/christine.fagalde/pyreneesatlantiquesfgw.htm
LIST OF NAMES :
http://www.amicale-genealogie.org/Listes-patronymes/Patronymes_Pyrenees_Atlantiques/Marc-64.htm
Généalogie et Histoire
des Familles
Pays Basque - Adour Maritime http://www.ghfpbam.org/rechReleve.php?PHPSESSID=60f80254106d1fcd267e58ffa732e6f4#Patronyme
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