Armendarits

Armendarits (Basque: Armendaritze) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Armendarits

Armendaritze
Commune
Armendarits Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Armendarits
Armendarits
Armendarits
Coordinates: 43°18′09″N 1°10′20″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementBayonne
CantonPays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
IntercommunalityCA Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Lucien Delgue
Area
1
17.27 km2 (6.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
405
 • Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64046 /64640
Elevation99–403 m (325–1,322 ft)
(avg. 182 m or 597 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Armendariztar.[2][3]

Lower Navarre House from 1775
Sculpted Lintel
Sculpted Lintel

Geography

Amendarits is located some 12 km south-west of Saint-Palais and some 8 km north-east of Irissarry and is in the former province of Lower Navarre. Access to the commune is by road D300 from Iholdy in the south to the village. The D8 going east from Iholdy also passes through the southern part of the commune. The D245 from Hélette in the west passes through the commune and the village and continues north to join the D14 just south-east of Méharin. There is also the D408 which links the village to the D8 road inside the commune. Apart from a few patches of forest the commune is entirely farmland.[4]

Numerous streams rise in the commune: the Erreka Handia and its tributaries flows north past the village, the Iharte also flows north to the east of the village, and the Ossinako Erreka forms part of the south-western border as it flows south.[4]

Places and Hamlets
  • Aguerréa[5]
  • Aïntziondoa
  • Albinoritzéko Borda (2 toponyms)
  • Albinoritzia
  • Altchia
  • Alziéta
  • Ameztoya
  • Arbéletchia
  • Armandegia
  • Baratchartéa
  • Barnetchia
  • Bazterrechia
  • Behamendy
  • Béhitia
  • Bidondoa
  • Bigégaïnéa
  • Bistaberry
  • Bordaberria
  • Bordaberriko Borda
  • Bordamaria
  • Bordécharria
  • Bourdinateguia
  • Carrica
  • Céhabia
  • Chichabalé
  • Chimounénéa
  • Chingolaénéa
  • Chocohonia
  • Curutzétako Borda[5]
  • Donamaria
  • Donapétria
  • Donapétriko Borda
  • Donamaria
  • Donastéya
  • Elhina
  • Elinume
  • Elizabéhéréko Borda
  • Elizatchéko Borda
  • Errékartéa
  • Etchartéa
  • Etchebarne[5]
  • Etchébazterréa
  • Etchégoïnberria
  • Etchégoïnberriko Borda
  • Etchégorria
  • Etchénika
  • Etchéparéa
  • Eyhérabidé
  • Eyhéraldéa
  • Eyhéramounoa
  • Fermindéguia
  • Ferminéko Borda
  • Gaïneko-Etchebarnéa
  • Gaïneko-Meharu
  • Garatéa
  • Garatéko Borda
  • Haramburua
  • Harizhanditéguia
  • Hatsandigaraia
  • Iparréa
  • Iribarnéa
  • Irigaraya
  • Ithurburua
  • Ithurburuko Borda
  • Jauregia[6]
  • Jauréguicharria
  • Landetxeberri
  • Larraldéa
  • Larramendia
  • Lazalen Borda
  • Legartoa
  • Lekunberria
  • Marihanditéguia
  • Mehatzia
  • Mendihilia
  • Mendiondo
  • Mendirigaraya
  • Olhanéko Borda
  • Olharanéa
  • Orgalitegia
  • Ossina
  • Oyhanburua
  • Oyhénartéa
  • Pékoborda
  • Pochulua
  • Salla
  • Sallaberria
  • Sallaberriko Borda
  • Sallagoitinéa
  • Sorhoéta
  • Sorogaraia[7] or Sorhogaraya
  • Suhartéko Borda
  • Teïleria
  • Uhaldea[8]
  • Uhartéa
  • Urrutia[9]
  • Urritiko Borda
  • Zedarria

[10]

Toponymy

The commune name in Basque is Armendaritze.[3]

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
ArmendaritsArmandarys1249Orpustan
113
Village
Armendariz1256Raymond
10
Bayonne
Sancta Maria de Armendaridz1256Raymond
10
Bayonne
Armendariz1264Orpustan
113
Armendarriz1292Orpustan
113
Armendaritz1366Orpustan
113
Armendaritz1413Orpustan
113
Armendaritz1428Raymond
10
Duchesne
Arbendaritz1529Raymond
10
Chapter
AguerréaAguerre1863Raymond
3
Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
Curutzétako BordaLa Croix Boria1863Raymond
34
Place of pilgrimage
ÉlissetcheÉlissetche1863Raymond
58
Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
EtchebarneEtchebarne1863Raymond
63
Place of pilgrimage

Sources:

Origins:

History

Paul Raymond[5] noted on page 10 of his 1863 dictionary that Armendarits was a former Barony, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre.

Heraldry
Arms of Armendarits
 These arms were adopted by the town council in 2002 and are those of the Lords of Armendarits.[15] The blazon of quarters 2 and 3 are those of the village of Armendarits

Blazon:
Quarterly, 1 and 4 Azure with a castel turreted masoned in Sable, port and windows the same; 2 and 3 two cows Gules horned, hoofed, collared, and belled in Argent arranged in pale.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[16]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19391964Bertrand Ilharreborde
19641986Juliette Richard
19861989Laurent Garat
19892020Lucien DelgueUMPPresident of the Community of Communes

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

Armendarits is part of seven inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque;
  • the AEP association of Arberoue;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for school transport and educational grouping of Méharin and Armendarits;
  • the inter-communal association for development and management of the slaughterhouse at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port;
  • the joint association Garbiki;
  • the association to support Basque culture.

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 405 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 706—    
1800 764+1.13%
1806 799+0.75%
1821 805+0.05%
1831 840+0.43%
1836 792−1.17%
1841 809+0.43%
1846 840+0.75%
1851 818−0.53%
1856 812−0.15%
1861 784−0.70%
1866 751−0.86%
1872 746−0.11%
1876 715−1.06%
1881 705−0.28%
1886 681−0.69%
1891 632−1.48%
1896 638+0.19%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 631−0.22%
1906 623−0.25%
1911 600−0.75%
1921 562−0.65%
1926 510−1.92%
1931 506−0.16%
1936 559+2.01%
1946 512−0.87%
1954 420−2.45%
1962 446+0.75%
1968 420−1.00%
1975 396−0.84%
1982 386−0.36%
1990 372−0.46%
1999 357−0.46%
2007 379+0.75%
2012 391+0.63%
2017 405+0.71%
Source: EHESS[17] and INSEE[18]

Economy

Economic activity is mainly agricultural. The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

Civil Heritage

Several buildings and sites in the commune are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Jauregia Manor (17th century)[6]
  • The Urrutia Farmhouse (1636)[9]
  • The Uhaldea Farmhouse (1780)[8]
  • The Sorogaraia Farmhouse (1602)[7]
  • Houses and Farms (17th-19th century)[19]
Other sites of interest

Religious Heritage
The Church of Saint Peter with the fronton
  • The Parish Church of Saint Peter (17th century).[20] Its cemetery contains many Hilarri:

Facilities

Education

The commune has a primary school.

Notable people linked to the commune
  • Bernard Renau d'Eliçagaray (Eñaut d'Elizagarai), called little Renau, born in 1652 at Armendarits and died in 1719, was a mathematician, Inspector General of the Navy, in 1689 author of the Theory of Operation of Vessels.[21] He was especially famous for his Bomb vessels.[22] The pastoral of Soule in 2007 (at Camou-Cihigue) was dedicated to him.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  3. Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque Language (Basque)
  4. Google Maps
  5. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  6. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000771 Jauregia Manor (in French)
  7. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000768 Sorogaraia Farmhouse (in French)
  8. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000769 Uhaldea Farmhouse (in French)
  9. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000770 Urrutia Farmhouse (in French)
  10. Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  11. Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
  12. Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  13. Duchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian - Bibliothèque nationale de France
  14. Chapter of Bayonne in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  15. Arms of France (in French)
  16. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  17. Données Cassini, EHESS
  18. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000819 Houses and Farms (in French)
  20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000818 Parish Church of Saint Peter (in French)
  21. Manex Goyhenetche, General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, ISBN 2 9131 5634 7, page 225. (in French)
  22. Stephen Bull (2004). Encyclopedia of military technology and innovation. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-57356-557-8.
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