Lacq
Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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Lacq (French pronunciation: [lak]; Occitan: Lac) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.[3] On 1 January 2024, the former commune of Urdès was merged into Lacq.[4]
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 The town hall of Lacq | |
 Location of Lacq | |
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| Coordinates: 43°24′49″N 0°37′03″W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Artix et Pays de Soubestre |
| Intercommunality | Lacq-Orthez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2026) | Didier Rey[1] |
Area 1 | 22.94 km2 (8.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,036 |
| • Density | 45.16/km2 (117.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64300 /64170 |
| Elevation | 88–190 m (289–623 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
It lies just northwest of the prefecture (department capital) Pau.
Economy
In modern times the local economy has been based on the industrial use of subsurface petroleum reserves, and since 1951 on the extraction and development of a very large natural gas reservoir underneath the city. Processing of the large quantities of hydrogen sulfide in the gas have made Lacq a center of sulfur production.
