Aydie (; ) is a commune in the

Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon language, Gascon Occitan language, Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; ) is a Departments of France, department located in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest corner of metropolitan ...

department in the

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region of south-western

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Geography

Aydie is located some 40 km north-east of Pau and 15 km east of Garlin. The northern border of the commune is the departmental border between

and

Gers Gers (; or , ) is a departments of France, department in the regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southwestern France. Gers is bordered by the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques to ...

and the eastern border is the border with

Hautes-Pyrénées Hautes-Pyrénées (; Gascon/ Occitan: ''Nauts Pirenèus / Hauts Pirenèus'' awts piɾeˈnɛʊs ; alts piɾiˈneʊs ) is a department in the region of Occitania, southwestern France. The department is bordered by Pyrénées-Atlantiques to t ...

. Access to the commune is by the D292 road from

Aubous Aubous (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. Geography Aubous is located in the extreme north-east of the department wi ...

to Arrosès which passes south through the west of the commune. The D317 branches off the D205 west of the commune and goes east through the commune to the village then continues east, changing to the D548 at the border, to join the D48. The commune is mainly farmland with scattered forests in the west.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Sager'' river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the

Adour The Adour (; ; ) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High- Bigorre ( Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean ( Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. is known as the ' ...

Saint-Mont Saint-Mont (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Gers Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Geography Population Saint-Mont wine Wines are produced under the VDQS designation Saint-Mont and the area's vineyards ...

. Several streams rise in the west of the commune and flow east to join the Sager including the ''Boutigué'' which forms part of the northern border of the commune.

Places and Hamlets

* Aveillé * Bardou * Bayliot * Boutigué * Cau * Caunille * Le Château * Curon * Dabadie * Estrémau * Hardoy * Jouandou * Laforêt * Lafosse * Larribau * Larrouy * Laudique * Lerp * Maillet * Marty * Mondain * Moulié * Mourchette * Moutha * Parthonnaud * Pellé * Pessus * Poey * le Pucheu * Saint-Martin * Thillet

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is ''Aidia''.

Michel Grosclaude Michel Grosclaude (; ; 8 July 1926 – 21 May 2002) was a French linguist, and an author of works on grammar, lexicography and Occitan onomastics. Biography Born on 8 July 1926 in Nancy. He was the son of Pierre Grosclaude, an academic. He stu ...

said that the name probably has a common root with ''

Aydius Aydius (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. Geography Aydius is located some 25 km south by south-east of Oloron-Sainte-Marie just east of Bedous. Access to th ...

'' but the origin and meaning of the name remains obscure. The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune. Sources: *

Raymond Raymond is a male given name of Germanic origin. 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 ᚱᚨᚷ� ...

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''Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees''
1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. ''Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees''
Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 *Grosclaude: ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', 2006

, ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, *Cassini:

Cassini Map The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Cas ...

from 1750Cassini Map 1750 - Aydie
/ref> Origins: *Census: Census of BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Establishments: Register of Establishments of BéarnManuscripts from the 15th and 16th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 18 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1395 Aydie had 25

fires Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion reaction when the fuel ...

and Poey (Page 136) had 6 fires with both of them under the

bailiwick A bailiwick () is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ. In English, the original French combi ...

Lembeye Lembeye (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 545 Communes of France, communes of the Pyrénées-Atlant ...

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Inter-communality

The commune is part of five inter-communal structures: * the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn; * the SIVU for roads in the Garlin region; * the SIVU for the Lées and its tributaries; * the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; * the inter-communal association for drinking water in Luy-Gabas-Lées;

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 140 inhabitants. Munument aux morts de Aydie

Economy

The commune is part of the

appellation d'origine contrôlée In France, the ''appellation d'origine contrôlée'' (, ; abbr. AOC ) is a label that identifies an agricultural product whose stages of production and processing are carried out in a defined geographical area – the ''terroir'' – and using ...

(AOC) zones of

Madiran Madiran () is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. It is the centre of a wine-producing area. Madiran wine Wine is produced around Madiran under three '' Appellations d'Origine Contrôlées'' (AOCs): Madir ...

(Red Madiran wine), ''Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh'' (White Madiran wine), and

Béarn Béarn (; ; or ''Biarn''; or ''Biarno''; or ''Bearnia'') is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in Southwestern France. Along with the three Northern Basque Country, ...

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many sites that are registered as historical monuments: *A Place at Poey (1567)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Curon (1778)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Moutha (1799)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Parthonnaud (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Mondain (1815)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Maison Lescher Farmhouse at Pessus (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Maison Lalanne Farmhouse at Lerp (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Maison Jouet Farmhouse at Maillet (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Maison Frouté Farmhouse at Dabadie (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Estrémau (1859)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Mourchette (1859)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Farmhouse at Laudique (1759)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Maison Moulié Farmhouse at Aveillé (1820)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *Houses and Farms (18th to 19th centuries) *The Chateau Peyre (1895)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *A Chateau (destroyed) (17th century) *A Fortified Building (12th century) *A Camp *A Camp at Pucheu (Prehistoric)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée

Religious heritage

The commune has three religious sites that are registered as historical monuments: *A Monumental Cross at Mondain (1888) *A Presbytery called House of little red pots (1848) *The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist (11th century). The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: **A Statue: Virgin and Child (19th century) **An

Altar An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religion, religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, Church (building), churches, and other places of worship. They are use ...

Retable A retable is a structure or element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church. At the minimum, it may be a simple shelf for candles behind an altar, but it can also be a large and elaborate struct ...

, and Altar Cross (18th century) **6 Altar

Candlestick A candlestick is a device used to hold a candle in place. Candlesticks have a cup or a spike ("pricket") or both to keep the candle in place. Candlesticks are sometimes called "candleholders". Before the proliferation of electricity, candles wer ...

s (18th century) **A Lighting Arm (18th century) **A Painting: Christ on the Cross with Saint John, the Virgin, and Madeleine (18th century) **A

(18th century) **6 Statuettes: Angel adoring, Saint Peter, Saint John, Saint Paul, and Saint Luke (18th century) **A

Tabernacle According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle (), also known as the Tent of the Congregation (, also Tent of Meeting), was the portable earthly dwelling of God used by the Israelites from the Exodus until the conquest of Canaan. Moses was instru ...

(1725) **An Altar with Altar seating (18th century) **An Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, Retable, Lighting Arm, and 6 candlesticks (18th century) **A

Monstrance A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium (or an ostensory), is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for the display on an altar of some object of piety, such as the consecrated Eucharisti ...

(1868) **A Pill-box (18th century) **A

Chalice A chalice (from Latin 'cup', taken from the Ancient Greek () 'cup') is a drinking cup raised on a stem with a foot or base. Although it is a technical archaeological term, in modern parlance the word is now used almost exclusively for the ...

with

Paten A paten or diskos is a small plate used for the celebration of the Eucharist (as in a mass). It is generally used during the liturgy itself, while the reserved sacrament are stored in the tabernacle in a ciborium. Western usage In many Wes ...

(18th century) **2 Paintings: Baptism of Christ and Preaching in the Desert (18th century) **A Sideboard (19th century) **A

Baptismal font A baptismal font is an Church architecture, ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water used for baptism, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of Infant baptism, infant and Believer's bapti ...

(18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy

Notable people linked to the commune

Joseph Peyré Joseph Peyré (13 March 1892, in Aydie (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) – 26 December 1968, in Cannes) was a French writer. He won the Prix Goncourt in 1935 for ''Sang et Lumières''. Life His father was a schoolteacher. He studied at Pau, Pyrénées-A ...

, born in 1892 at Aydie and died in 1968 at

Cannes Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...

, was a French writer. He won the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...

in 1935 for his book ''Sang et Lumières'' (Blood and Lights). He evoked his native village under the pseudonym of ''Saint-Jean-des-Vignes''.

References

External links

''Aydie'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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