Lacq
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Lacq
|commune status = Commune
|image = Lacq mairie 002.JPG
|caption = The town hall of Lacq
|arrondissement = Pau
|canton = Artix et Pays de Soubestre
|INSEE = 64300
|postal code = 64170
|term = 2024–2026
|intercommunality = Lacq-Orthez
|coordinates = {{coord|43.4136|-0.6175|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 95
|elevation min m = 88
|elevation max m = 190
|area km2 = 22.94
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Lacq ({{IPA|fr|lak}}; {{langx|oc|Lac}}) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/64300-lacq INSEE commune file] On 1 January 2024, the former commune of Urdès was merged into Lacq.{{Citation |title=Arrêté du 7 novembre 2023 portant création de la commune nouvelle de Lacq |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000048728235?init=true&page=1&query=commune+nouvelle&searchField=ALL&tab_selection=all |access-date=2024-01-04}}
It lies just northwest of the prefecture (department capital) Pau.
Economy
{{Category main article|Lacq gas field}}
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.
See also
References
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