Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast Aiziritze-Gamue-Zohazti | |
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 Chateau of Camou | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast | |
  Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast  Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast | |
| Coordinates:43°20′16″N1°01′21″W / 43.3378°N 1.0225°W /43.3378; -1.0225 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre |
| Intercommunality | Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Chantal Erguy[1] |
Area 1 | 9.60 km2 (3.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 695 |
| • Density | 72.4/km2 (188/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64010 /64120 |
| Elevation | 26–155 m (85–509 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast (French pronunciation:[a.isiʁitskamusy.ast];Basque:Aiziritze-Gamue-Zohazti) is acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment in theNouvelle-Aquitaineregion in southwesternFrance.[3]
The people of the commune are known as Aiziriztar.[4]
The commune is part of the Mixe country in theFrench Basque Country ofLower Navarre. It is located immediately north of Saint-Palais. Highway D29 runs north fromSaint-Palais through the entire commune from south to north and passing through the town. The D529 Highway runs east from the commune to its junction with Highway D134. Highway D933 enters the commune in the southeast and runs north along the eastern side of the commune to exit in the north.[5]
The commune is located in theDrainage basin of theAdour and is watered by theBidouze, a tributary of the Adour, and it has its tributaries: theJoyeuse and the Eyherachar and Recalde streams.
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Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast has anoceanic climate (Köppen climate classificationCfb). The average annual temperature in Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast is 14.1 °C (57.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,216.7 mm (47.90 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 21.2 °C (70.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.5 °C (45.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast was 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) on 4 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.1 °C (13.8 °F) on 25 December 2001.
| Climate data for Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1993−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.1 (77.2) | 29.1 (84.4) | 29.2 (84.6) | 32.5 (90.5) | 35.8 (96.4) | 39.4 (102.9) | 39.8 (103.6) | 40.6 (105.1) | 38.1 (100.6) | 34.5 (94.1) | 28.3 (82.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.6 (61.9) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.9 (76.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 24.1 (75.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | 15.2 (59.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 10.8 (51.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 18.3 (64.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 10.3 (50.5) | 7.8 (46.0) | 14.1 (57.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) | 3.0 (37.4) | 4.9 (40.8) | 6.9 (44.4) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.0 (57.2) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.5 (54.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 5.5 (41.9) | 3.2 (37.8) | 8.8 (47.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.5 (18.5) | −9.6 (14.7) | −9.0 (15.8) | −2.9 (26.8) | 0.6 (33.1) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.2 (46.8) | 5.7 (42.3) | 2.5 (36.5) | −1.6 (29.1) | −6.6 (20.1) | −10.1 (13.8) | −10.1 (13.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 110.1 (4.33) | 98.1 (3.86) | 90.6 (3.57) | 116.4 (4.58) | 101.2 (3.98) | 71.0 (2.80) | 66.4 (2.61) | 73.8 (2.91) | 103.0 (4.06) | 109.8 (4.32) | 161.3 (6.35) | 115.0 (4.53) | 1,216.7 (47.90) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.9 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 131.7 |
| Source:Météo France[8] | |||||||||||||
The commune's name inBasque isAiziritze-Gamue-Zohazti.
ForAïcirits, Jean-Baptiste Orpustan proposed the Basque etymologyaitz, meaning "high" andaratze, meaning "fern patch", giving "high fern patch" or "rocky fern patch".[9]
He also indicated thatSuhast may come fromzuhaztoi, meaning "plantation of trees".
The inhabitants of Camou are known asGamuar and the inhabitants of Suhast are known asZohaztiar.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
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| Aïcirits | Sanctus Martinus de Assiriz | 1160 | Orpustan | Village | ||
| Ayxiritz | 1316 | Orpustan | ||||
| Aysiriz | 1350 | Orpustan | ||||
| Aychiritz | 1413 | Orpustan | ||||
| Ayxeriis | 1472 | Raymond | 3 | Notaries | ||
| Camou | Sactus Petrus de Camono | 1160 | Orpustan | Village | ||
| Camou-Mixe | 13th century | Raymond | 39 | Bayonne | ||
| Camo | 1304 | Orpustan | ||||
| Chamo | 1309 | Orpustan | ||||
| Gamo | 1350 | Orpustan | ||||
| Camo | 1413 | Orpustan | ||||
| Camur | 1472 | Raymond | 39 | Notaries | ||
| Camo en Micxe | 1479 | Raymond | 39 | Ohix | ||
| Camo | 1519 | Raymond | 39 | Navarre | ||
| Camu | 1621 | Raymond | 39 | Biscay | ||
| Camon | 1621 | Ldh/EHESS/Cassini | Biscay | |||
| Camou-Mixe | 1863 | Raymond | 39 | |||
| Suhast | Sancta Maria de Suhast | 1160 | Orpustan | Village | ||
| Suhast | 1316 | Orpustan | ||||
| Suast | 1350 | Orpustan | ||||
| Suhast | 1413 | Orpustan | ||||
| Suast | 1513 | Raymond | 164 | Pamplona | ||
| Salha | Çalaha | 1384 | Raymond | 153 | Duchesne | Chateau and Fief, subject to theKingdom of Navarre |
| La maison deu senhor de Salha en lo pays de Micxe | 1547 | Raymond | 164 | Navarre | ||
| Uhart-Juson | Uhart-Juson | 1863 | Raymond | 170 | Fief, vassal of theKingdom of Navarre |
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Origins:
The commune Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast was formed in 1972 by the merger of the former communes Aïcirits and Camou-Mixe-Suhast. Between 1972 and 1984, this commune was referred to asAïcirits.[16][17] The commune Camou-Mixe-Suhast was formed in 1842 by the merger of the communes Suhast and Camou-Mixe.[18]
| The arms are made up of the three shields of Aïcirits, Camou, and Suhast. Blazon: |
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List of Successive Mayors of Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast[19]
| From | To | Name | Party |
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| 1995 | 2014 | Guy Énéco | CPNT |
| 2014 | 2026 | Chantal Erguy | CPNT |
The commune is linked to the following administrative bodies (non exhaustive list):
The town depends on the district court ofBayonne, the High Court of Bayonne and theCourt of Appeal ofPau.
The commune belongs to six inter-communal structures:[20]
Data before 1972 in the table and graph below refer to the old commune Aïcirits, before the merger with Camou-Mixe-Suhast.[16]
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Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast is classified by the INSEE as part of the urban area (unité urbaine) ofSaint-Palais, and of the employment area ofOloron-Sainte-Marie.[3]
The registered office of the Lur Berri company, a large food cooperative group, is located in Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast.
The town is part of thedesignated zone of Ossau-iraty.
It also hosts other companies in the agri-food sector as one of the first fifty two communes of the department:
According to theMap of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by PrinceLouis-Lucien Bonaparte, the dialect of Basque spoken in Aicirits-Camou-Suhast is eastern low Navarrese.
The village has a cave at Camou (thegrotto Oltzibarre) closely linked to the Basque legend of Txahalgorri,[22] the young red bull.
[23] It contains collections of ancient tools and models of machines from plans ofLeonardo da Vinci.[24]
