Lescar

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Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Coat of arms

Location of Lescar

(2020–2026) Valérie Revel^[1]Area

27 km² (10 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

9,524 • Density350/km² (910/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

64335 /64230

Elevation142–203 m (466–666 ft)
(avg. 154 m or 505 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lescar (French pronunciation: [lɛskaʁ] ^ⓘ; Occitan: Lescar) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department and Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.^[3]

Lescar is the site of the Roman city known variously as Benearnum, Beneharnum or Civitas Benarnensium, the location providing the name for the later region of Béarn.^[4]

In 841, Benearnum was razed by the Vikings and Morlaàs became the Béarnaise capital. However, from the twelfth century a new city grew up at Lescar. Lescar Cathedral was built during this period, and was the seat of the Diocese of Lescar until 1801.^[5] The remains of the last monarchs of all Navarre Queen Catherine I (†1517) and King John III (†1516) lie at the cathedral.

Today, Lescar is primarily a suburb of the nearby town of Pau. The commune of Lescar has joined together with 30 neighbouring communes to establish the Communauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées which provides a framework within which local tasks are carried out together.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	1,948	—
1800	1,710	−1.84%
1806	1,611	−0.99%
1821	1,781	+0.67%
1831	2,093	+1.63%
1836	1,938	−1.53%
1841	2,096	+1.58%
1846	2,014	−0.79%
1851	1,940	−0.75%
1856	1,877	−0.66%
1861	1,776	−1.10%
1866	1,827	+0.57%
1872	1,807	−0.18%
1876	1,855	+0.66%
1881	1,791	−0.70%
1886	1,794	+0.03%
1891	1,645	−1.72%
1896	1,630	−0.18%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	1,554	−0.95%
1906	1,522	−0.42%
1911	1,482	−0.53%
1921	1,471	−0.07%
1926	1,661	+2.46%
1931	1,871	+2.41%
1936	1,750	−1.33%
1946	1,576	−1.04%
1954	1,855	+2.06%
1962	2,194	+2.12%
1968	2,953	+5.08%
1975	4,164	+5.03%
1982	5,186	+3.19%
1990	5,793	+1.39%
1999	8,191	+3.92%
2007	9,749	+2.20%
2012	9,995	+0.50%
2017	9,804	−0.39%

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Source: EHESS^[6] and INSEE (1968-2017)^[7]

Twin towns

L'Alfàs del Pi, Spain

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Alphabetical Catalogue of Sites and Peoples of Roman Gaul - Benearnum = Beneharnum / Civ. Benarnensium". University of South Carolina. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
^ French Atlantic Coast. Michelin Apa Publications Ltd. October 2007. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-906261-17-7.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Lescar, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE