Navarrenx

Navarrenx
Navarrenx
Administration
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Navarrenx (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton de Navarrenx
Mayor	Jean Baucou (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	118–269 m (387–883 ft) (avg. 125 m/410 ft)
Land area1	6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population2	1,155  (2006)
- Density	186 /km2 (480 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64416/ 64190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 43°19′22″N 0°45′29″W / 43.3227777778°N 0.758055555556°W / 43.3227777778; -0.758055555556

Navarrenx is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

The first written mention of the name of the city lies in a charter of 1078[ref. needed]. Navarrenx (Navarrensis) is mentioned five times. There was a longstanding agreement between Centulle V Beam the young, Viscount of Béarn and Oloron and his vassal Viscount Raymond William Soule. They will come to Navarrenx to repair the harm done to Bearnais by Souletins. It may make reason and justice on oath, either by paying a fine or by ordeal. In this case, the text says that the duel will happen, not on the bank of the Gave the side of the Soule, but the shore-side Navarrenx (Belluno Fiet Quod non in ripa Soulensi, sed in Sponda Navarrensis). The place is still known today as the camp batalha.

References

• INSEE