Country France Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques Canton Orthez Population 317 (2013) | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Arrondissement Pau Area 7.26 km² | |
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Intercommunality Communauté de communes du canton d'Orthez | ||
Lanneplaà is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Contents
- Map of 64300 LanneplaC3A0 France
- Location
- Access
- Hydrography
- Neighbouring communes and villages
- Toponymy
- History
- References
Map of 64300 Lannepla%C3%A0, France
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Lanneplanais or Lanneplanaises .
Location
Lanneplaà is located some 5 km south-west of Orthez.
Access
Access to the commune is by road D23 from Orthez and by road D267. « Route de Sainte-Suzanne » is another access. The A64 autoroute passes in Orthez the nearest exit being Exit 8 some 9 km north-east of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with scattered forests.
Hydrography
The commune is crossed by a tributary of Laà, the stream of Moulins, and a tributaryof Saleys, the arriou of Mondran.
Neighbouring communes and villages
Distances are calculated as the crow flies compared to neighboring villages town halls
Toponymy
Lanneplaà as for origin the Gascon lana (resulting from the Gaulish language landa, "lande"(moor)) and plana ("plane" ("flat")).
Lanneplaà thus indicates a plain of Meadow.
History
Paul Raymond noted that the municipality had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.
On 1385 , Lanneplaà depended on the bailiwick of Larbaig and there were 39 fires.