Lacq
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Lacq | |
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 The town hall of Lacq | |
Location of Lacq  | |
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| Coordinates: 43°24′49″N 0°37′03″W / 43.4136°N 0.6175°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Artix et Pays de Soubestre |
| Intercommunality | Lacq-Orthez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Didier Rey[1] |
| Area 1 | 22.94 km2 (8.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,035 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64300 /64170 |
| Elevation | 88–190 m (289–623 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Lacq (French pronunciation: [lak]; Occitan: Lac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.[3] On 1 January 2024, the former commune of Urdès was merged into Lacq.[4]
It lies just northwest of the prefecture (department capital) Pau.
Economy
[edit]In modern times the local economy has been based on the industrial use of subsurface petroleum reserves, and since 1951 on the extraction and development of a very large natural gas reservoir underneath the city. Processing of the large quantities of hydrogen sulfide in the gas have made Lacq a center of sulfur production.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Arrêté du 7 novembre 2023 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Lacq, retrieved 2024-01-04
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