Andoins is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

Andoins
Town hall
Town hall
Coat of arms of Andoins
Location of Andoins
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Andoins is located in France
Andoins
Andoins
Andoins is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Andoins
Andoins
Coordinates: 43°18′20″N 0°13′39″W / 43.3056°N 0.2275°W / 43.3056; -0.2275
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonPays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès
IntercommunalityNord-Est Béarn
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Aude Lacaze-Labadie[1]
Area
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12.22 km2 (4.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
704
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64021 /64420
Elevation255–357 m (837–1,171 ft)
(avg. 342 m or 1,122 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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Location

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Andoins School.
 
Saint-Laurent Church
 
The War Memorial

The commune is part of the urban area of Pau and is located 5 km east of Pau (five miles), the commune is part of the Vic-Bilh region of Gascony.

Access

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The commune is traversed by the A64 autoroute however there is no exit in the commune. The nearest exit is Exit 11 just south-east of the commune. Access to the village is by the D39 road from Morlaàs in the north-west which continues south-east to Limendous. There is also the D538 which goes north-west from the village to Serres-Morlaàs. There is also the D215 which goes south-west from the village to Artigueloutan.[3]

Hydrography

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Located in the drainage basin of the Adour, the commune is traversed from south-east to north-west by the Luy de France which forms part of the northern border before continuing to join the Lucet east of Morlaàs.

The Ayguelengue forms the southern border of the commune before joining the Oussere and continuing west.[3]

Localities and hamlets

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  • Lous Augas
  • Baradat
  • Barrails
  • Bégué
  • Bordenave
  • Capdepon[4]
  • Cazaux
  • Cazenave
  • Courriades
  • Freitet[5]
  • Gabaix
  • Las Grabes
  • Hourcade[5]
  • Lapoutge
  • Laulhé
  • Grange Laulhé
  • Lendrat
  • Minvielle
  • Grange Montané[6]
  • Pé-deu-Boscq[5]
  • Peyré
  • Poublan[7]
  • Puyau
  • Teulé
  • Troubet
  • Vergez

[8]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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[3]

Toponymy

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The commune name in béarnais is Andonsh.[9] (according to the classical norm of Occitan).

Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[9] indicates that the village's name probably comes from the family name Antonius, modified in basque to Anton plus the suffix -tz inducing the property of or the domain of Anton.

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Andoins Andongns 12th century Raymond
5
Village
Andongs 1101 Raymond
5
Cartulary of Morlaàs
Andons 12th century Raymond
5
Lescar
Andoniœ 1270 Raymond
5
Pau
Andonhs 13th century Raymond
5
Fors de Béarn
Andoyns 14th century Raymond
5
Census
Aus-Cités Aus-Cités 1863 Raymond
17
Place
Freitet Lo boscq et lane aperat lo Freytat 1457 Raymond
65
Ossau Wood
Hourcade La Forcade 1385 Raymond
79
Census Farm
Marque-Debat La Marque-Debat 1863 Raymond
108
Hamlet
Marque-Dehore La Marque-Dehore 1863 Raymond
108
Hamlet
Pé-deu-Boscq Pé-deu-Boscq 1863 Raymond
133
Farm

Sources:

Origins:

History

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Paul Raymond on page 5 of the 1863 dictionary noted that Andoins was the seat of the second largest barony in Béarn which also included Limendous. He also noted that in 1385 there were 20 fires in Andoins and it depended on the Bailiwick of Pau.[5]

The town was part of the archdeaconry of Vic-Bilh, which depended on the bishopric of Lescar of which Lembeye was the capital.[5]

Heraldry

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Arms of Andoins
Blazon:

Or, a lion vert.



Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[14]

From To Name Party Position
1995 2001 Jean Gabaix
2001 2014 Isabelle Lahore MoDem
2014 2020 Christian Roché

Intercommunality

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Andois is part of six inter-communal structures:

  • the public agency for local management;
  • the Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn;
  • the AEP association of the Ousse Valley;
  • the energy association for Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the intercommunal association for consolidation of the communes of the plain of Ousse;
  • the intercommunal association for the construction of the rescue centre at Soumoulou.

Demography

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andonésien(ne)s in French.[15]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 510—    
1800 446−1.90%
1806 404−1.63%
1821 542+1.98%
1831 555+0.24%
1836 539−0.58%
1841 538−0.04%
1846 558+0.73%
1851 568+0.36%
1856 550−0.64%
1861 556+0.22%
1866 519−1.37%
1872 527+0.26%
1876 522−0.24%
1881 506−0.62%
1886 546+1.53%
1891 512−1.28%
1896 514+0.08%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 454−2.45%
1906 475+0.91%
1911 419−2.48%
1921 368−1.29%
1926 380+0.64%
1931 382+0.11%
1936 354−1.51%
1946 315−1.16%
1954 319+0.16%
1962 329+0.39%
1968 418+4.07%
1975 333−3.20%
1982 469+5.01%
1990 514+1.15%
1999 522+0.17%
2007 620+2.17%
2012 622+0.06%
2017 637+0.48%
Source: EHESS[16] and INSEE[17]

Culture and Heritage

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Civil heritage

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The commune has a number of buildings that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A House at Grange Montane (19th century) [6]
  • A Fortified Area (11th century) [18]
  • A Farmhouse at Poublan (1904) [7]
  • The Maison Séries Farmhouse (1913) [19]
  • The Maison Lacaze Farmhouse (18th century) [20]
  • The Cazenave Farmhouse (1899) [21]
  • The Maison Coustet Farmhouse (18th century) [4]
  • Houses and Farms (18th - 20th centuries) [22]

Religious heritage

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The Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (19th century)  is registered as an historical monument.[23] The church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • The Furniture in the Church [24][25]
  • An Altar Vase (19th century) [26]
  • A Sunburst Monstrance (19th century) [27]
  • A Lantern (19th century) [28]
  • A Thurible (17th century) [29]
  • 2 Processional Crosses (19th century) [30][31]
  • A Painting: Stations of the Cross (1883) [32]
  • A Candlestick (18th century) [33]
  • 4 Candlesticks (19th century) [34]
  • A Group Sculpture: Education of the Virgin (19th century) [35]
  • A Mural Painting: Scenes from the life of Saint Lawrence (19th century) [36]
  • 3 Chandeliers (19th century) [37][38]
  • A Sideboard (19th century) [39]
  • A Chair and 3 Prie-dieux (19th century) [40]
  • The Choir Enclosure (1850) [41]
  • A central Stoup (19th century) [42]
  • An Altar and Tabernacle (1845) [43]
  • An Altar Cross (18th century) [44]
  • 2 Statues: Saint Peter and Saint Paul (1740 & 1760) [45]
  • Altar seating and a Tabernacle (1740 & 1760) [46]
  • Secondary Altar (1864) [47]
  • The whole Altar of the Blessed Sacrament (18th century) [48]
  • An Altar, Tabernacle, and 4 Altar Candlesticks (1841) [49]
  • 4 Stained glass windows (Bays 1-4) (1923) [50]

Notable people linked to the commune

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  • Guilhem Arnaud, Baron of Andoins who died in 1301. His funerary monument [51] is displayed in the church of the Commandery of Caubin in the commune of Arthez-de-Béarn.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Google Maps
  4. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026874 Maison Coustet Farmhouse (in French)
  5. ^ a b c d e f Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  6. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026887 House at Grange Montane (in French)
  7. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026878 Farmhouse at Poublan (in French)
  8. ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  9. ^ a b Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of placenames - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  10. ^ Cartulary of the Bishop of Lescar, published in the proofs of the History of Béarn by Pierre de Marca (in French)
  11. ^ Manuscripts in two volumes, 17th century, in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. ^ a b Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  13. ^ Cartulary of Ossau or red book, a Manuscript from the 15th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  14. ^ List of Mayors of France
  15. ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  16. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Andoins, EHESS (in French).
  17. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026881 Fortified Area (in French)
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026877 Maison Séries Farmhouse (in French)
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026876 Maison Lacaze Farmhouse (in French)
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026875 Cazenave Farmhouse (in French)
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026873 Houses and Farms (in French)
  23. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026879 Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (in French)
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000474 Furniture in the Church (in French)
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000448 Furniture in the Church (in French)
  26. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000473 Altar Vase (in French)
  27. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000472 Sunburst Monstrance (in French)
  28. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000471 Lantern (in French)
  29. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000470 Thurible (in French)
  30. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000469 Processional Cross (2) (in French)
  31. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000468 Processional Cross (1) (in French)
  32. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000467 Painting: Stations of the Cross (in French)
  33. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000466 Candlestick (in French)
  34. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000465 4 Candlesticks (in French)
  35. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000464 Group Sculpture: Education of the Virgin (in French)
  36. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000463 Mural Painting: Scenes from the life of Saint Lawrence (in French)
  37. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000462 Chandelier (in French)
  38. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000461 2 Chandeliers (in French)
  39. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000460 Sideboard (in French)
  40. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000459 Chair and 3 Prie-dieux (in French)
  41. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000458 Choir enclosure (in French)
  42. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000457 Central Stoup (in French)
  43. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000456 Altar and Tabernacle (in French)
  44. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000455 Altar Cross (in French)
  45. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000454 2 Statues: Saint Peter and Saint Paul (in French)
  46. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000453 Altar seating and a Tabernacle (in French)
  47. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000452 Secondary Altar (in French)
  48. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000451 Altar of the Blessed Sacrament (in French)
  49. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000450 Altar, Tabernacle, and 4 Altar Candlesticks (in French)
  50. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000449 4 Stained glass windows (in French)
  51. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy IM64000038 Funerary monument of Guilhem Arnaud (in French)
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