Arrast-Larrebieu (French pronunciation: [aʁast laʁbjø]; Basque: Ürrustoi-Larrebille)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Arrast-Larrebieu
Ürrustoi-Larrebille | |
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 The road into Arrast | |
Location of Arrast-Larrebieu  | |
  Arrast-Larrebieu  Arrast-Larrebieu | |
| Coordinates: 43°17′39″N 0°50′56″W / 43.2942°N 0.8489°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Montagne Basque |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Allande Davant[1] |
Area 1 | 7.56 km2 (2.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 93 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64050 /64130 |
| Elevation | 132–299 m (433–981 ft) (avg. 173 m or 568 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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Arrast-Larrebieu is located in the former province of Soule some 12 km east by south-east of Saint-Palais and 10 km north by north-east of Mauléon-Licharre. Access to the commune is by the D243 road which branches off the D11 west of the commune and north of Espès-Undurein and passes through the village before continuing north-east to join the D115. The D135 from the D11 in the west to Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu 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.[4]
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.[4]
Places and Hamlets
edit- Abbadia
- Aguelcheberry
- Aguerria
- Aitzaguer (ruins)
- Algalarrondo
- Arkabisquey
- Arrast
- Asconeguy
- Behety
- Bethulard
- Bou
- Garatia
- Gastelu
- Gastelu Arrast
- Gasteluchague
- Habiague
- Heguilus
- Hoilly
- Ibarbouen
- Lacoste
- Laplume
- Larçabal
- Larlette
- Larrebieu
- Larribet
- Mendiondo
- Oyhenart
- Poutou
- Sabalain
- Sagardoyburu
- Sallaberry
- Sunhary
- Tine
Toponymy
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The commune name in basque today is Ürrüstoi-Larrabile[6] or Ürrustoi-Larrebille.[3]
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan indicated that the spelling in Basque Arrast is sometimes given with the determinant Ürrüxtoia meaning "hazel tree grove". He also stated that larrabil means a "rounded moor, squat".[7]
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrast | Arrast | 13th century | Raymond | 11 |
Bayonne | Village |
| Arrast | 1690 | Orpustan | ||||
| Larast | 1690 | Orpustan | ||||
| Larrast | 1690 | Orpustan | ||||
| Larrebieu | Larrebiu | 1384 | Raymond | 94 |
Notaries | Village |
| Larrebiu | 1690 | Orpustan |
Sources:
- Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)[8]
- Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy[7]
Origins:
History
editPaul Raymond noted on page 11 of his 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule.[8]
Larrebieu was merged with the commune of Arrast on 16 October 1842.[8]
Administration
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List of Successive Mayors[11]
| From | To | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2014 | Julien Erbin | UMP |
| 2014 | 2026 | Allande Davant |
Inter-communality
editThe commune is part of seven inter-communal structures:
- the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque;
- 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
editThe inhabitants of the commune are known as Urrustoitars.[12] The population data given in the table and graph below for 1836 and earlier refer to the former commune of Arrast.
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Economy
editEconomic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock and pasture). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone designation of Ossau-iraty.
Culture and Heritage
editCivil heritage
editAn 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
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The Parish Church of Sainte-Lucie (19th century)
is registered as an historical monument.[15] 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.[16] The church contains a Processional Cross (17th century)
which is registered as an historical object.[17]
Notable people linked to the commune
edit- Abbadie d'Arrast Family, initially lay abbots whose descendants originated the construction of various chateaux (the Château d'Abbadie at Hendaye, Elorriaga at Ciboure).
- Jean-Louis Davant, born in 1935 in Arrast-Larrebieu, is a writer, poet, bertsolari, pastoralari, and academician.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b ÜRRUSTOI-LARREBILLE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c Google Maps
- ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
- ^ Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language (Basque)
- ^ a b Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
- ^ a b c Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
- ^ Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arrast-Larrebieu, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000734 Parish Church of Sainte-Lucie (in French)
- ^ Philippe Veyrin, The Basques, p. 241, Arthaud, 20 December 1975, ISBN 2700300386 (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000036 Processional Cross (in French)
External links
edit- Arrast-Larrebieu on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Araft and Larrebien on the 1750 Cassini Map
