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Lys | |
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Coordinates: 43°07′52″N 0°21′06″W / 43.1311°N 0.3517°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 [1] |
Area 1 | 15.40 km2 (5.95 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 323 |
• Density | 21/km2 (54/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. |
Lys (French pronunciation: [lis]; Occitan: Lo Lis) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
The river Landistou , a 12.5 km long tributary of the Béez, passes through the village Lys. Several tributaries of the Landistou (Betbeder, Bonnasserre, Chourrup, Lazerau, Lespereu) also pass through the commune. [3] The northern part of the commune is drained by the river Luz , a 15.2 km long tributary of the Gave de Pau, and some of its tributaries (Gest, Herran, Luz de Casalis). [4] The southern part of the commune is drained by the stream Ruisseau de la Fontaine de Mesplé (Béez basin), and its tributary Ruisseau de Subercase. [5]
The name Lys appears as Lis-Sainte-Colomme (Lily Saint Colomme) from the 1721 census. The name comes from Gascony, and means 'flat land'.
Lys was formerly an annex of Sainte-Colome until it acquired municipality status in 1858. [6]
The current mayor is Nadège Poueymirou Bouchet, in office since 2020. [1]
The town is part of the following intercommunal structures:
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Source: EHESS [6] and INSEE (1968-2017) [7] |
The town's economy is primarily oriented toward agriculture and livestock (sheep, cattle, pigs, mules).