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Morlaàs | |
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 Morlaàs city hall | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Morlaàs | |
  Morlaàs  Morlaàs | |
| Coordinates:43°20′43″N0°15′40″W / 43.3453°N 0.2611°W /43.3453; -0.2611 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès |
| Intercommunality | Nord-Est Béarn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Joël Ségot[1] |
Area 1 | 13.15 km2 (5.08 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 4,374 |
| • Density | 332.6/km2 (861.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64405 /64160 |
| Elevation | 233–349 m (764–1,145 ft) (avg. 295 m or 968 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Morlaàs (French pronunciation:[mɔʁlas];Gascon Morlans) is acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment in south-westernFrance.
It is the seat of acanton.
After theRoman city ofBenearnum (today's Lescar) was razed by theVikings in 841, Morlaàs became the capital of the ancient province ofBéarn. It remained the capital until the 12th century, whenOrthez took over.[3]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 1,478 | — |
| 1975 | 1,913 | +3.75% |
| 1982 | 2,411 | +3.36% |
| 1990 | 3,094 | +3.17% |
| 1999 | 3,658 | +1.88% |
| 2007 | 4,204 | +1.75% |
| 2012 | 4,168 | −0.17% |
| 2017 | 4,282 | +0.54% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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