| Mourenx | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Mourenx (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Pau |
| Canton: | Le Cœur de Béarn |
| Insee: | 64410 |
| Postal Code: | 64150 |
| Mayor: | Patrice Laurent[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | Lacq-Orthez |
| Coordinates: | 43.3794°N -0.6069°W |
| Elevation M: | 105 |
| Elevation Min M: | 95 |
| Elevation Max M: | 182 |
| Area Km2: | 6 |
Mourenx (pronounced as /fr/; oc|Morencs) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.[2]
A settlement of Mourengs existed in the eleventh century. A secular abbey existed, belonging to the Viscount of Béarn. In 1385 the village had 27 hearths.[3]
Natural gas deposits were discovered in nearby Lacq in 1951. A new town was constructed in 1958 to provide accommodation for the workers required at the gas processing plant.[4] 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 Henri Lefebvre carried out a study of Mourenx and its inhabitants at the time of its creation.