Armendarits (French pronunciation: [aʁmɛ̃daʁits]; Basque: Armendaritze)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Armendarits
Armendaritze
Armendarits Town Hall
Armendarits Town Hall
Coat of arms of Armendarits
Location of Armendarits
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Armendarits is located in France
Armendarits
Armendarits
Armendarits is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Armendarits
Armendarits
Coordinates: 43°18′09″N 1°10′20″W / 43.3025°N 1.1722°W / 43.3025; -1.1722
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementBayonne
CantonPays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
IntercommunalityCA Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Lucien Delgue[1]
Area
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17.27 km2 (6.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
386
 • Density22/km2 (58/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 in Basque.[3][4][5]

Lower Navarre House from 1775
Sculpted Lintel
Sculpted Lintel

Geography

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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.[6]

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.[6]

Places and Hamlets

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  • Aguerréa[7]
  • 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[7]
  • Donamaria
  • Donapétria
  • Donapétriko Borda
  • Donamaria
  • Donastéya
  • Elhina
  • Elinume
  • Elizabéhéréko Borda
  • Elizatchéko Borda
  • Errékartéa
  • Etchartéa
  • Etchebarne[7]
  • 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[8]
  • 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[9] or Sorhogaraya
  • Suhartéko Borda
  • Teïleria
  • Uhaldea[10]
  • Uhartéa
  • Urrutia[11]
  • Urritiko Borda
  • Zedarria

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Toponymy

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The commune name in Basque is Armendaritze.[3][5]

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Armendarits Armandarys 1249 Orpustan
113
Village
Armendariz 1256 Raymond
10
Bayonne
Sancta Maria de Armendaridz 1256 Raymond
10
Bayonne
Armendariz 1264 Orpustan
113
Armendarriz 1292 Orpustan
113
Armendaritz 1366 Orpustan
113
Armendaritz 1413 Orpustan
113
Armendaritz 1428 Raymond
10
Duchesne
Arbendaritz 1529 Raymond
10
Chapter
Aguerréa Aguerre 1863 Raymond
3
Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
Curutzétako Borda La Croix Boria 1863 Raymond
34
Place of pilgrimage
Élissetche Élissetche 1863 Raymond
58
Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
Etchebarne Etchebarne 1863 Raymond
63
Place of pilgrimage

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Origins:

History

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Paul Raymond[7] noted on page 10 of his 1863 dictionary that Armendarits was a former Barony, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre.

Heraldry

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Arms of Armendarits
These arms were adopted by the town council in 2002 and are those of the Lords of Armendarits.[17] 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

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List of Successive Mayors[18]

From To Name Party Position
1939 1964 Bertrand Ilharreborde
1964 1986 Juliette Richard
1986 1989 Laurent Garat
1989 2026 Lucien Delgue UMP President of the Community of Communes

Inter-communality

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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

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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[19] and INSEE[20]

Economy

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

Culture and Heritage

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Civil Heritage

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

  • The Jauregia Manor (17th century) [8]
  • The Urrutia Farmhouse (1636) [11]
  • The Uhaldea Farmhouse (1780) [10]
  • The Sorogaraia Farmhouse (1602) [9]
  • Houses and Farms (17th-19th century) [21]
Other sites of interest
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Religious Heritage

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The Church of Saint Peter with the fronton
  • The Parish Church of Saint Peter (17th century). [22] Its cemetery contains many Hilarri:
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Facilities

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Education

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The commune has a primary school.

Notable people linked to the commune

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  • 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.[23] He was especially famous for his Bomb vessels.[24] The pastoral of Soule in 2007 (at Camou-Cihigue) was dedicated to him.

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). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c ARMENDARITZE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  5. ^ a b Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque Language (Basque)
  6. ^ a b c Google Maps
  7. ^ a b c d e Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  8. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000771 Jauregia Manor (in French) 
  9. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000768 Sorogaraia Farmhouse (in French) 
  10. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000769 Uhaldea Farmhouse (in French) 
  11. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000770 Urrutia Farmhouse (in French) 
  12. ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  13. ^ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
  14. ^ Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  15. ^ Duchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian - Bibliothèque nationale de France
  16. ^ Chapter of Bayonne in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  17. ^ Arms of France (in French)
  18. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  19. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Armendarits, EHESS (in French).
  20. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000819 Houses and Farms (in French)
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000818 Parish Church of Saint Peter (in French)
  23. ^ Manex Goyhenetche, General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, ISBN 2 9131 5634 7, page 225. (in French)
  24. ^ Stephen Bull (2004). Encyclopedia of military technology and innovation. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-57356-557-8.
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