Lanneplaà (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Geography
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 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.
Places and hamlets
Baraillot Bédat Bonnecase Bosc Bounobre Bouzoum Bracot Cabes Cambran Camdeborde Campagne Cassiau Cassou Caubeigt Cossié Couyet Daban Goeytes Gréchès Hau Hittos Jannette Labièle Laborde Labourdette Lacabane Lacoste Lahourcade Lalanne Lasserre Laubaret Laya Montardon Moulin (le) Payrot Peyran Peyroulou Poey Poundic Pouquet Pourére Poursioubes Sarrail Sarrouille
Neighbouring communes and villages Source: Salles-Mongiscard North at 4.21 km Orthez Northeast at 5.03 km L'Hôpital-d'Orion Southwest at 3.72 km Ozenx-Montestrucq South at 2.88 km
Distances are calculated as the crow flies compared to neighboring villages town halls
Toponymy
+The following table details the origins of the commune name.NameCentury / yearSourceOriginLanepla10th centuryPaul Raymond, Topographical Dictionary Béarn-Pays basquecartulaire de SordeCartulaire de l'abbaye Saint-Jean de Sorde, publié par extraits dans les preuves de l'Histoire de Béarn de Pierre de Marca / RaymondLane-Pla et Lanne-Pla1172cartulaire de Sorde / RaymondLaneplan1323cartulaire d'OrthezCartulaire d'Orthez, dit Martinet, manuscrit du XIVe au XVIIe siècle - Archives de la mairie d'Orthez / RaymondLlaneplaa1385Lanaplaa1536RaymondBéarnManuscrit du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle - Archives départementales des Pyrénées-AtlantiquesLanaplan1538RaymondBéarnLanneplâaend 18th centurycarte de Cassini / CassiniLanneplaa1793CassiniLanneplau1801Bulletin des lois / CassiniLanneplàa1863Topographical Dictionary Béarn-Pays basque / RaymondLanneplaà
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.
Administration
+ List of Mayors Mayor Term start Term end PartyJacques Laulhé 1977 2001 Independent politicianJacques Laulhé 2001 2008 Independent politicianJacques Laulhé 2008 2014 Independent politicianAline Langlès 2014 2020 Independent politicianPierre Ziegler20202026
Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Lanneplanais or Lanneplanaises in French.Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
References