Lacq
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Lacq | |
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Lacq | |
Coordinates: 43°24′49″N 0°37′03″W / 43.4136°N 0.6175°WCoordinates: 43°24′49″N 0°37′03″W / 43.4136°N 0.6175°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Pau |
Canton | Artix et Pays de Soubestre |
Intercommunality | Lacq-Orthez |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Didier Rey[1] |
Area 1 | 17.05 km2 (6.58 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 729 |
• Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64300 /64170 |
Elevation | 88–190 m (289–623 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Lacq (French pronunciation: [lak]; Occitan: Lac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
It lies just northwest of the local capital of Pau.
Economy[]
In modern times the local economy has been based on the industrial use of subsurface petroleum reserves, and since 1951 on the extraction and development of a very large natural gas reservoir underneath the city. Processing of the large quantities of hydrogen sulfide in the gas have made Lacq a center of sulfur production.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
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