Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia
Pic d'Anie (Basque Auñamendi) is a mountain of the Pyrenees in France, located close to the Spanish border. It is high.
The mountain boasts an almost perfect pyramidal shape and is surrounded by the spectacular karst landscape of. ''Larra'', i ...
is a
commune
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in the
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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region of south-western
France
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.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Urrustoitars''.
Soule
Soule (Basque: Zuberoa; Zuberoan/ Soule Basque: Xiberoa or Xiberua; Occitan: ''Sola'') is a former viscounty and French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département''. It is divided into two cantons of the arrond ...
some 12 km east by south-east of Saint-Palais and 10 km north by north-east of
Mauléon-Licharre
Mauléon-Licharre (; , Occitan: Maulion e Lisharra), or simply Mauléon, is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
It is the capital of the Soule (''Zuberoa'') historical Basque province.
It is home to t ...
. Access to the commune is by the D243 road which branches off the D11 west of the commune and north of
Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu
Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
It is located in the historical province of Soule. Moncayolle is famous for its ornate Comtoise clocks.
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*Communes of the ...
in the south-east passes through the south of the commune and the hamlet of Larrebieu. The commune is mainly farmland with many forests scattered throughout the commune.Google Maps /ref>
The ''Laxubie'' rises in the south of the commune and flows north past the village gathering many tributaries and joins the ''Apaure'' north of the commune. Several small streams rise in the west of the commune and flow west to join the
Saison
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Toponymy
The commune name in
basque
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today is ''Ürrüstoi-Larrabile'' or ''Ürrustoi-Larrebille''.
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan indicated that the spelling in
Basque
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''Arrast'' is sometimes given with the determinant ''Ürrüxtoia'' meaning "hazel tree grove". He also stated that ''larrabil'' means a "rounded moor, squat".
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Sources:
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Raymond
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...
Cartulary
A cartulary or chartulary (; Latin: ''cartularium'' or ''chartularium''), also called ''pancarta'' or ''codex diplomaticus'', is a medieval manuscript volume or roll (''rotulus'') containing transcriptions of original documents relating to the fo ...
of Bayonne or ''Livre d'Or'' (Book of Gold)Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
*Notaries: Notaries of
Navarrenx
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Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
History
Paul Raymond noted on page 11 of his 1863 dictionary that the commune had a
Lay Abbey
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*Lay, Loire, a French commune
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People
* Lay (surname)
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, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule.
Larrebieu was merged with the commune of Arrast on 16 October 1842.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Inter-communality
The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures:
* the
Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
The communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque ( eu, Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa), is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Bayonne and Biarritz. It is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques depa ...
;
* the Sanitation association of Pays de Soule;
* the AEP association of Pays de Soule;
* the inter-communal association of la Vallée;
* the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
* the inter-communal association for the construction and operation of the CES at Mauleon;
* the association to support Basque culture.
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 95 inhabitants. The population data given in the table and graph below for 1836 and earlier refer to the former commune of Arrast.
Economy
Economic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock and pasture). The town is part of the
Appellation d'origine contrôlée
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zone designation of
Ossau-iraty
Ossau-Iraty is an Occitan- Basque cheese made from sheep milk.
Origin
Ossau-Iraty or Esquirrou is produced in south-western France, in the Northern Basque Country and in Béarn. Its name reflects its geographical location, the Ossau Valley in B ...
.
Culture and Heritage
Civil heritage
An enclosure with an earthen parapet (a protohistoric fort or ''Gaztelu zahar'') at an altitude of 282 metres at a place called Gazteluxaga reflects the ancient past of the commune.
Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Sainte-Lucie (19th century) is registered as an historical monument. It has a bell tower called ''Trinity'' or ''Souletin'' meaning the "top of the wall", pierced by bays for the bells with three roof peaks of approximately equal height, hence the name Trinity. The church contains a Processional Cross (17th century) which is registered as an historical object.Ministry of Culture, Palissy
bertsolari
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