Monein

Monein
Commune
La route de Monein
Coat of arms
Location of Monein
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Coordinates: 43°19′16″N 0°34′42″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Le Cœur de Béarn
Intercommunality	Lacq-Orthez
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bertrand Vergez-Pascal[1]
Area ^1	80.84 km^2 (31.21 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	4,426
• Density	55/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64393 /64360
Elevation	109–357 m (358–1,171 ft) (avg. 155 m or 509 ft)
Website	http://www.monein.fr/
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Monein (French pronunciation: [mɔnɛ̃]; Occitan: Monenh) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.[3]

Geography

Neighbouring communes

• North: Lahourcade and Pardies
• West: Lucq-de-Béarn and Cardesse
• South: Estialescq and Lasseube
• East: Aubertin, Lacommande, Arbus, Cuqueron and Parbayse

Administration

List of mayors of Monein

Name	Political party	In office
Léopold Joly		1977–1983
Maurice Bahurlet	PS	1983–2001
Yves Salanave-Péhé	DVG	2001–2020
Bertrand Vergez-Pascal		2020–incumbent

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,967	—
1975	3,865	−0.37%
1982	3,879	+0.05%
1990	4,032	+0.48%
1999	4,183	+0.41%
2007	4,393	+0.61%
2012	4,466	+0.33%
2017	4,438	−0.13%
Source: INSEE[4]

Notable people

• Jean Sarrailh
• Jean-Patrick Lescarboura
• Marie Bartête (1863-1938), French prisoner[5]

Gallery

• 
  Saint-Girons church in Monein, that was built by the local cagot craftsmen in 1464.[6][7]
• 
  Heart of oak beams of the frame of Saint-Girons church, representing Middle-Age architecture.
• 
  The entrance of le parc du château (the Park of Castle).
• 
  The halls.
• 
  Sculpture of a "Cagot" in Saint-Girons church.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

1. "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. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. "Une stèle en mémoire de Marie Bartête". Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2021.
6. "Monein". Site officiel de l'Office de tourisme de Lacq, Cœur de Béarn (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2014.
7. "Église Saint-Girons de Monein" [Church of Saint-Girons of Monein]. Paroisse Saint-Vincent des Baïses - Monein (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2014.

External links

• Official site of Monein