Alos-Sibas-Abense

Alos-Sibas-Abense

Coat of arms
Alos-Sibas-Abense

Coordinates: 43°07′12″N 0°52′29″W / 43.12°N 0.8747°W / 43.12; -0.8747Coordinates: 43°07′12″N 0°52′29″W / 43.12°N 0.8747°W / 43.12; -0.8747
Country France
Region Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Tardets-Sorholus
Intercommunality Soule-Xiberoa
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Jean-Pierre Iriart
Area1 5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 274
 • Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64017 / 64470
Elevation 204–414 m (669–1,358 ft)
(avg. 221 m or 725 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Alos-Sibas-Abense (Basque: Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France.

It is located in the former province of Soule.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aloztar-Ziboztar-Oniztar[1]

Geography

Alos-Sibas-Abense is located some 90 km south-east of Bayonne and 80m km west of Lourdes. The D918 road runs down the eastern border of the commune, but does not enter. Access to the commune is on road D247 from Alcay-Alcabehety-Sunharette in the southwest which runs through the heart of the commune to the village. It then continues to the southeast linking with the D918 at Tardets-Sorholus. Most of the commune is farmland with some forest and it has a network of country roads covering most of the commune.[2]

Hydrography

Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the Saison river passes along and forms the eastern border of the commune parallel with the D918 road. The Aphoura stream (18 km), which is fed by the Ardounc, the Batasse (10.1 km), the Laritolle, the Jaga, and the Uthurrotche erreka, flows near the village and to the Saisson.

Places and hamlets[3]

  • Abense
  • Althondo
  • Ansola
  • Barnech
  • Basterrèche
  • Basterreix
  • Belle-Sise
  • Canderats
  • Choy-Cantaguia
  • Curutchet
  • Domec[4]
  • Eskiéta
  • Etchandy
  • Eyhéra
  • Hastoy
  • Mendiondoa
  • Mendisquer[4]
  • Ohix
  • La Papeterie
  • Péko Urupéa
  • Quihillaborda
  • La Salle[4]
  • Samalgagna
  • Sibas
  • Uhalte-Borde

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

 Aussurucq Trois-Villes
Camou-Cihigue Tardets-Sorholus
   Alos-Sibas-Abense  
Alcay-Alcabehety-Sunharette Laguinge-Restoue Montory

Toponymy

The commune name in Basque is Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine.[5]

The Basque form of Sibas can be Ziboz(e) or Ziborotz(e).[6]

Jean-Baptiste Orpustan[6] suggested that Abense came from a Roman phonetic change to the Basque Oniz > onise > oénse > auénse > abense. The base of the name is the oronym ona, also present in Bayonne and Oneix. The modern Basque form (Onizegañia,[6] Onizegañe[6] or Omiz(e)[6]) are equivalent to "Upper" (gain(e)a > gañia).

Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[5] suggests that Oniz is the name of a noble Basque family.

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Alos Alos 1327 Orpustan
190
 Village
Alos 1338 Orpustan
190
Alos 1375 Raymond
5
 Luntz
Alos in terra de Soule 1405 Raymond
5
 Gascon roles
Alos in terra de Sole 1405 Orpustan
190
Alos 1690 Orpustan
190
Alos 1750 Cassini
Sibas Sivas 1178 Raymond
161
 Duchesne Village
Sivas 1327 Orpustan
191
Sent-Martin de Silvez 1520 Raymond
161
 Soule
Sibas 1690 Orpustan
191
Sivas 1690 Orpustan
191
Sibas 1750 Cassini
Abense Evense 1337 Orpustan
189
 Village
Abense prope Tardetz 1385 Raymond
2
 Duchesne
Avense pres tardets 1520 Orpustan
189
prop Tardetz Avense 1690 Orpustan
189
Abense de Haut 1750 Cassini
Abense de Haut 1793 EHESS
Abeuze 1801 EHESS Bulletin des lois
Abense-de-Haut 1863 Raymond
1
Domec Domec 1385 Raymond
55
 Duchesne Fief, depended on the Viscounts of Soule and its title counted as one of the ten potestats of Soule
Mendisquer Menrisqueta 1385 Raymond
111
 Duchesne Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule
La Salle La Sale de Sibas 1455 Raymond
153
 Duchesne Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule

Sources:

Origins:

History

Sibas merged with Alos on 23 October 1843 to form Alos-Sibas. On 16 April 1859, following the annexation of part of the territory of Abense-de-Haut, the commune took the name of Alos-Sibas-Abense.

On the same day the commune of Abense-de-Haut disappeared, its territory being divided between Alos-Sibas and Tardets.

Heraldry

 The motto of the commune is "atzotik biharrera (from yesterday to tomorrow)

Blazon:
Or, a bridge of three arches argent masoned in sable over a party per fess barry wavy of 4 azure and argent and surmounted by a comma sun gules of eight arms all over a terrace in base of 3 pales; the first Or with a tower in sable turreted windows and door open; the second gules a plume argent in an inkpot sable; the third azure 3 commas argent inverted in chief.

Administration

Lists of Successive Mayors of Alos-Sibas-Abense[10]

Until 1843

Alos
From To Name Party Position
1796 1798 Alexis Carriquert
1798 1799 Pierre Queheille
1799 1824 Jean Bastereche
1824 1836 Jean d'Arthex
1836 1845 Arnaud Sallabert
Sibas
From To Name Party Position
1795 1798 Jean Carrique
1798 1808 Philippe Etchart
1808 1813 Jean Harritchague
1813 1825 Jean Carrique
1825 1832 Jean-Pierre d'Arthez-Lassalle
1832 1845 Dominique Erbin called Etchecopar
Abense-de-Haut
From To Name Party Position
1793 1795 André Etchart
1795 1806 Jean Althabegoity called Oliberou
1806 1810 Arnaud Irigonegaray
1810 1816 Jean-Baptiste Detchandy
1816 1824 Casimir Etchebarne
1824 1848 Jean-Baptiste Detchandy

Until 1859

Alos-Sibas
From To Name Party Position
1845 1847 Arnaud Sallabert
1847 1859 Jules Basterreche
Abense-de-Haut
From To Name Party Position
1848 1848 André Etchart
1848 1852 Jean Etchecopar dit Etchahoun
1852 1859 Laurent Maytie

After 1859

Alos-Sibas-Abense
From To Name Party Position
1859 1871 Jules Basterreche
1871 1875 Arnaud André d'Arthez Lassale
1875 1881 Jules Basterreche
1881 1888 Pierre Arainty
1888 1896 Pierre Arrospidegaray
1896 1900 Jean-Pierre Mendicouague
1900 1904 Arnaud Ibar
1904 1912 Arnaud Cocosteguy
1912 1916 Bernard Larragneguy
1916 1918 Bernard Mondot
1918 1919 Bernard Larragneguy
1919 1929 Jean Iriart
1929 1939 Pierre Marmissole
1939 1940 Joseph Etchart
1940 1951 Pierre Marmissole
1951 1953 Bernard Aguer
1953 1971 Général Pierre Montjean
1971 1983 Pierre Luchillo
1983 2001 Pierre-Clémént Iratçabal
2001 2008 Anne-Marie Etcheberry
2008 2014 Jean-Pierre Iriart

Intercommunality

The town is part of six intercommunal structures:[11]

Demography

In 2009 the commune had 274 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population Change (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
188 212 218 213 223 223 360 354 316
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
646 565 505 527 523 538 530 536 511
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
484 463 453 437 421 415 414 401 352
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 - -
368 343 361 316 309 319 274 - -

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Economy

Economic activity is mainly focused on agriculture (livestock and pasture). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

Religious heritage

The Church of Abense contains a Processional Cross (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.[12]

Environmental heritage

The common practices Controlled burns[13] for prevention of forest fires.

Facilities

The town has an early childhood hub (Child care centre and a creche) and an Ikastola.

See also

External links

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

  1. ↑ Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (French)
  2. 1 2 Google Maps
  3. ↑ Géoportail, IGN (French)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (French)
  5. 1 2 Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of Placenames - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (French)
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, p. 189-191, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (French)
  7. ↑ Contracts retained by Luntz, Notary of Béarn, in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (French)
  8. ↑ Customs of Soule in 1520, printed at Pau in 1760
  9. ↑ Duchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian - Bibliothèque nationale de France
  10. ↑ List of Mayors of France (French)
  11. ↑ Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 9 November 2011
  12. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000028 Processional Cross (French)
  13. ↑ Alos-Sibas-Abense
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