Lanneplaà

Lanneplaà (Lanaplan) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.

Location
Lanneplaà is located some 5 km south-west of Orthez.

Access
Access to the commune is by road D23 from Orthez and by road D267. « Route de Sainte-Suzanne » is another access. The A64 autoroute passes in Orthez the nearest exit being Exit some 9 km north-east  of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with scattered forests.

Hydrography
The commune is crossed by a tributary of Laà, the stream of Moulins, and a tributaryof Saleys, the arriou of Mondran.

Places and hamlets

 * Baraillot
 * Bédat
 * Bonnecase
 * Bosc
 * Bounobre
 * Bouzoum
 * Bracot
 * Cabes
 * Cambran
 * Camdeborde
 * Campagne
 * Cassiau
 * Cassou
 * Caubeigt
 * Cossié
 * Couyet
 * Daban
 * Goeytes
 * Gréchès
 * Hau
 * Hittos
 * Jannette
 * Labièle
 * Laborde
 * Labourdette
 * Lacabane
 * Lacoste
 * Lahourcade
 * Lalanne
 * Lasserre
 * Laubaret
 * Laya
 * Montardon
 * Moulin (le)
 * Payrot
 * Peyran
 * Peyroulou
 * Poey
 * Poundic
 * Pouquet
 * Pourére
 * Poursioubes
 * Sarrail
 * Sarrouille

Neighbouring communes and villages

 * Salles-Mongiscard North at 4.21 km
 * Orthez Northeast at 5.03 km
 * L'Hôpital-d'Orion Southwest at 3.72 km
 * Ozenx-Montestrucq South at 2.88 km

Distances are calculated as the crow flies compared to neighboring villages town halls

Toponymy
Lanneplaà as for origin the Gascon lana (resulting from the Gaulish language landa, "lande"(moor)) and plana ("plane" ("flat")).

Lanneplaà thus indicates a plain of Meadow.

History
Paul Raymond noted that the municipality had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.

On 1385, Lanneplaà depended on the bailiwick of Larbaig and there were 39 fires.

Demography
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Lanneplanais or Lanneplanaises in French.