| Auriac | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Arrondissement: | Pau |
| Canton: | Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh |
| Insee: | 64078 |
| Postal Code: | 64450 |
| Mayor: | Jean-Claude Vignes[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CC Luys Béarn |
| Coordinates: | 43.4564°N -0.3147°W |
| Elevation M: | 242 |
| Elevation Min M: | 145 |
| Elevation Max M: | 250 |
| Area Km2: | 5.23 |
Auriac (in French pronounced as /oʁjak/) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Auriac is located some 20 km north of Pau just east of Argelos. Access to the commune is by road D834 from Sarron in the north which passes through the commune and continues to Pau in the south. Access to the village is by road D944 from the village to Thèze in the north-west and the D227 from the village to Sévignacq in the south-east. The A55 autoroute passes through the north of the commune with Exit 9 just north-east of the commune giving access to road D834. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[2]
The commune name in béarnais is Auriac. Michel Grosclaude said that the name probably comes from the Latin man's name Aurius with the Gallo-Roman suffix -acum giving "Domain of Aurius".
The following table shows the origin of the commune name:
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auriac | Auriag | 1096 | Raymond | Marka | Village | ||
| Auriac | 1750 | Cassini |
Sources:
Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. [4]
Origins:
Paul Raymond noted that Auriac was once an annex of Argelos.[4]
List of Successive Mayors[8]
| From | To | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1824 | 1829 | Augustin Baix | |
| 1829 | 1831 | Jean Bertrand | |
| 1831 | 1836 | Augustin Baix | |
| 1836 | 1837 | Pierre Madaune | |
| 1837 | 1864 | Pierre Julien Viguerie | |
| 1864 | 1899 | Justin Madaune | |
| 1899 | 1908 | Jean Philippe Madaune | |
| 1908 | 1911 | Maurice Rey | |
| 1911 | 1919 | André Madaune | |
| 1919 | 1929 | Jean Soubré | |
| 1929 | 1939 | André Madaune | |
| 1939 | 1940 | Jean Touret |
| From | To | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 1942 | Jean Evrard | |
| 1942 | 1944 | Pierre Boué-Cam | |
| 1944 | 1945 | Joseph Soubré | |
| 1945 | 1948 | René Rey | |
| 1948 | 1949 | Pierre Clauzet | |
| 1949 | 1951 | Jean Maribat | |
| 1951 | 1951 | Joseph Soubré | |
| 1951 | 1953 | Pierre Boué-Cam | |
| 1953 | 1959 | René Rey | |
| 1959 | 1962 | Pierre Clauzet | |
| 1962 | 1963 | René Rey | |
| 1965 | 1971 | Claude Larrieu | |
| 1971 | 1977 | Henri Hélip | |
| 1977 | 1993 | Marc Rey | |
| 1993 | 2020 | Christian Larrouturou | |
| 2020 | 2026 | Jean-Claude Vignes |
The commune is part of five inter-communal structures:
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Auriacois or Auriacoises in French.[9]
The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
The commune has two religious buildings that are registered as historical monuments:
Auriac has a primary school which also serves the communes of Garlède-Mondebat, Lalonquette et Miossens-Lanusse in an Educational Inter-communal Grouping.