Lacq

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]

Lacq
Commune
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  (2022)[2]	1,034
• Density	45/km2 (120/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

The main article for this category is 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

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department