Barinque

Barinque
Commune
The Town hall and School
Location of Barinque
Barinque Barinque
Coordinates: 43°24′28″N 0°16′15″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvie Larrochelle
Area 1	9.00 km2 (3.47 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	589
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64095 /64160
Elevation	194–284 m (636–932 ft) (avg. 270 m or 890 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barinque (French pronunciation: [baʁɛ̃k]; Occitan: Barinco) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

Barinque is located on a steep hill overlooking the Souye valley, some 15 kilometres north-east of Pau and 7 km south-east of Auriac in the Vic-Bihl region. Access to the commune is by the D222 road from Higuères-Souye in the south which goes north through the west of the commune to the village then continues east to join the D43 which forms the south-eastern border of the commune as it goes from Escoubès in the east to Saint-Jammes in the south. There are large areas of forest in the south of the commune and scattered forests in the commune however most of the commune is farmland.

The Luy de France flows from the south forming the entire western border of the commune before continuing north to eventually join the Luy north of Castel-Sarrazin. The Souye river flows from south to north-west through the heart of the commune joining the Luy de France on the western border of the commune. The Ruisseau de Cimpceu rises east of the village and flows north to join the Gabas west of Sévignacq.

Places and Hamlets

Below is a list of places and hamlets in the commune:

• Antoni
• Arnaud
• Artigou
• Auguste
• Barbe
• Barthe
• Bié
• Bourdallé
• Castagnet
• Champrilh
• Charron
• Coulate
• Daguet
• Fisse
• La Gare
• Garimbay
• Gélizé
• Grabette
• Jeanbounat
• Labat
• Laragnou
• Lardas
• Lasalle
• Lauga
• Lavigne (2 places)
• Loudet
• Loustau
• Margotou
• Mariette
• Marque
• Mingenette
• Monge
• Mouchou
• Parjouan
• Pébrocq
• Picou
• Pierrot
• Piot
• Piquet
• Pisseu
• Portaix
• Prétou
• Prince
• Pucheu
• Saubade
• Soubirou
• Toulardet

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Barinco (pronounced Barincou). Michel Grosclaude concluded that the name is of Occitan origin with the meaning "slope towards a ravine", following Dauzat and Rostaing who offered a Gaulish and pre-Gaulish root barr- meaning "height" or "summit" with the suffix -incum.

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Barinque	Barinco	1385	Grosclaude			Village
	Barinco	1402	Raymond	21	Census
	Barincquo	1538	Raymond	21	Reformation
	Barinquo	1542	Raymond	21	Barinque
	Barincou	1676	Raymond	21	Reformation
	Barrinque	1801	Raymond	21	Bulletin des lois
Sansous	Sansous	1385	Raymond	156	Census	Farm

Sources:

• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)
• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)
• EHESS: Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barinque, EHESS (in French).

Origins:

• Census: Census of Béarn
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
• Barinque: Titles of Barinque

History

Countryside in Barinque

Paul Raymond noted on page 21 of his 1863 dictionary that Barinque had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn. In 1385 Barinque had 15 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Pau.

Barinque was part of the Barony of Navailles in the Middle Ages.

The commune was part of the Arch-Deaconry of Vic-Bilh which depended on the Bishop of Lescar and Lembeye was the capital.

Barinque appears as Barinque on the 1750 Cassini Map but as Barringue on the 1790 version.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1900	1929	Alphonse Castagnet
1929	1931	Bernard Millet
1931	1944	Guillaume Piot
1944	1945	Jean Laborde-Loustau
1945	1947	Guillaume Piot
1947	1977	Jean Laborde-Loustau
1977	2008	José Laborde-Loustau
2008	2020	Bernard Buron
2020	2026	Sylvie Larrochelle

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Barinquais or Barinquaises in French.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 525 —     1800 547 +0.59% 1806 564 +0.51% 1821 559 −0.06% 1831 584 +0.44% 1836 624 +1.33% 1841 642 +0.57% 1846 653 +0.34% 1851 641 −0.37% 1856 617 −0.76% 1861 592 −0.82% 1866 558 −1.18% 1872 512 −1.42% 1876 504 −0.39% 1881 501 −0.12% 1886 503 +0.08% 1891 460 −1.77% 1896 482 +0.94%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 488 +0.25% 1906 466 −0.92% 1911 417 −2.20% 1921 352 −1.68% 1926 346 −0.34% 1931 331 −0.88% 1936 345 +0.83% 1946 304 −1.26% 1954 283 −0.89% 1962 261 −1.01% 1968 257 −0.26% 1975 269 +0.65% 1982 370 +4.66% 1990 470 +3.04% 1999 489 +0.44% 2007 562 +1.75% 2012 605 +1.49% 2017 606 +0.03%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

The War Memorial

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• A Farmhouse at Saubade (1733)
• A Farmhouse at Pierrot (1765)
• A Farmhouse at Loudet (19th century)
• Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint-Barthélémy

The Parish Church of Saint-Barthélémy (12th century) is registered as an historical monument. The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Furniture in the Church
• A container for Baptismal water (17th century)
• A Collection Plate (19th century)
• 6 Candlesticks (19th century)
• A Chalice (18th century)
• 2 Processional Banners (19th century)
• A Mural Painting: Saints Paul and Peter and 2 Angels (16th century)
• A Stoup (19th century)
• A secondary Altar of the Virgin with Tabernacle and stand for a Monstrance (18th century)
• An Altar Painting: the Martyrdom of Saint Barthélémy (1650)
• A Retable (1650)
• 3 Statuettes: Saint Peter, Saint Paul, and the Virgin with child (1720)
• A Tabernacle (1650)
• The main Altar and Tomb (18th century)
• The main Altar, Tabernacle, and Retable (18th century)
• A Stained glass window: Saint John (Bay 2) (1873)
• 4 Stained glass windows (Bays 3-6) (19th century)
• A Capital and recessed Stoup (13th century)

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department