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| Coordinates:43°20′01″N0°26′05″W / 43.3336°N 0.4347°W /43.3336; -0.4347 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Lescar, Gave et Terres du Pont-Long |
| Intercommunality | CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Valérie Revel[1] |
Area 1 | 27 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 9,455 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64335 /64230 |
| Elevation | 142–203 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 acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment andNouvelle-Aquitaineregion of south-westernFrance.[3]
Lescar is the site of theRoman city known variously asBenearnum,Beneharnum orCivitas Benarnensium, the location providing the name for the later region ofBéarn.[4]
In 841, Benearnum was razed by theVikings andMorlaàs 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 theDiocese of Lescar until 1801.[5] The remains of the last monarchs of all Navarre QueenCatherine I (†1517) and KingJohn III (†1516) lie at the cathedral.
Today, Lescar is primarily asuburb of the nearby town ofPau. The commune of Lescar has joined together with 30 neighbouring communes to establish theCommunauté d'agglomération Pau Béarn Pyrénées which provides a framework within which local tasks are carried out together.
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