Mourenx (; ) is a commune in the

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department in south-western

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History

A settlement of ''Mourengs'' existed in the eleventh century. A secular

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existed, belonging to the

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. In 1385 the village had 27

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s. Natural gas deposits were discovered in nearby

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in 1951. A new town was constructed in 1958 to provide accommodation for the workers required at the gas processing plant. The town was designed by architects and urbanists Coulon, Douillet and Maneval. It consisted of three groups of collective housing, three groups of family housing, all around a central area of support facilities. The well-known French sociologist

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carried out a study of Mourenx and its inhabitants at the time of its creation.

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