Église Saint-Girons
Coordinates: 43°19′12″N 0°34′46″W / 43.32000°N 0.57944°W
L'Église Saint-Girons (English: Saint-Girons Church; Béarnese Occitan: glèisa de Sent Gironç) is a Roman Catholic church located in the commune of Monein (formerly in Béarn) in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Aquitaine. The edifice is in the Gothic architectural style. It was classified as a monument historique of France on 7 August 1913. Its grand size made it the largest Gothic church in Béarn in the 15th century. It is most famous for its heart of oak frame which represents the Medieval architecture style.
In the 16th century, Monein was a growing village with over 5,000 residents, or 850 fires; (hoec vius in official Béarnese documents at the time), whereas in Pau there were only about 700 residents, as shown by the dénombrements (census for taxation purposes) in Béarn. The old Romanesque church Sant-Pée (Occitan: Sent Pèr, equivalent to Saint-Pierre) became too small for the residents, so it was decided to build a larger church next to the Lay Abbey (which no longer exists).
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