Méracq (French pronunciation: [meʁak]; Occitan: L'Omerac)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département in south-western France.[4]
Name
Historically, Méracq has been recorded as Meirac (13th century), Honerac (1538), Lo Merac (1546) and Louméracq (1863).[5]
Its name in Gascon is L'Oumerac.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Patrimoine linguistique béarnais et gascon. Projet de signalétique bilingue – département des pyrénées-atlantiques" (PDF). 25 September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Paul Raymond, Dictionnaire topographique Béarn-Pays basque
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