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Lys (French pronunciation: ​[lis]; Occitan: Lo Lis) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.

Lys
Commune
General view of Lys
Coat of arms
Location of Lys
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Coordinates: 43°07′52″N 0°21′06″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2
Intercommunality	Vallée d'Ossau
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nadège Poueymirou Bouchet
Area 1	15.40 km2 (5.95 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	327
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64363 /64260
Elevation	304–510 m (997–1,673 ft) (avg. 424 m or 1,391 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Geography

Hydrography

The town is bisected by a tributary of the Gave de Pau, the Luz Creek (15.2 km in France) and its tributaries:

• The Gest Brook (14.8 km in France) and its tributary:
  • The Herran stream
• The Luz de Casalis brook

A tributary of the Beez (which in itself is a tributary of the Gave de Pau) also runs through the town: the Landistou Creek (12.5 km in France) and its tributaries:

• The Betbeder stream
• The Bonnasserre stream
• The Chourrup stream
• The Lazerau stream
• The Lespereu stream

The town is also traversed by the stream of the Fountain Mesplé, and its tributary, the stream of Subercase.

Localities and Hamlets

• lou Boscq
• Vic de Hoges de Baix
• Vic de Hoges de Haut
• Vic de Lis de Baix
• Vic de Lis de Haut

Surrounding Communities

• Sévignacq-Meyracq to the north
• Haut-de-Bosdarros to the northeast
• Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget to the east
• Sainte-Colome to the southwest
• Louvie-Juzon to the south

Toponymy

The name Lys appears as Lis-Sainte-Colomme (Lily Saint Colomme) from the 1721 census. The name comes from Gascony, and means 'flat land'.

History

Lys was formerly an annex of Sainte-Colome until it acquired municipality status on January 2, 1858.

Government

The current mayor is Nadège Poueymirou Bouchet, in office since 2020.

Intermunicipal

The town is part of six intercommunal structures:

• Communauté de communes de la Vallée d'Ossau (The Municipality of the Ossau Valley)
• Syndicat de la perception d'Arudy
• Municipal association for the management of the Beez and Ouzom watersheds.
• Municipal association for the construction of the CES of Nay
• Ossau Valley water union
• Lower Ossau electric union

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1861 1,080 —     1866 1,070 −0.19% 1872 1,084 +0.22% 1876 1,040 −1.03% 1881 962 −1.55% 1886 985 +0.47% 1891 998 +0.26% 1896 924 −1.53% 1901 916 −0.17% 1906 908 −0.18% 1911 856 −1.17% 1921 685 −2.20% 1926 657 −0.83%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1931 622 −1.09% 1936 621 −0.03% 1946 564 −0.96% 1954 526 −0.87% 1962 518 −0.19% 1968 450 −2.32% 1975 430 −0.65% 1982 412 −0.61% 1990 376 −1.14% 1999 348 −0.86% 2007 354 +0.21% 2012 350 −0.23% 2017 334 −0.93%
Source: EHESS[2] and INSEE (1968-2017)[3]

Economy

The town's economy is primarily oriented toward agriculture and livestock (sheep, cattle, pigs, mules).

See also

• Ossau Valley
• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
• Sainte-Colome

References

На других языках

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[de] Lys (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)

Lys ist eine französische Gemeinde mit 327 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Pyrénées-Atlantiques in der Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (vor 2016: Aquitanien). Die Gemeinde gehört zum Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie und zum Kanton Oloron-Sainte-Marie-2.

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- [en] Lys, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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[ru] Лис (Атлантические Пиренеи)

Лис (фр. Lys) — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Аквитания. Департамент — Атлантические Пиренеи. Входит в состав кантона Олорон-Сент-Мари-2. Округ коммуны — Олорон-Сент-Мари.

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