Amendeuix-Oneix Amendüze-Unaso | |
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 The road into Amendeuix | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Amendeuix-Oneix | |
  Amendeuix-Oneix  Amendeuix-Oneix | |
| Coordinates:43°21′17″N1°02′34″W / 43.3547°N 1.0428°W /43.3547; -1.0428 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre |
| Intercommunality | Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–2026) | Stéphane Poisson[1] |
Area 1 | 7.66 km2 (2.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 466 |
| • Density | 60.8/km2 (158/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64018 /64120 |
| Elevation | 32–168 m (105–551 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Amendeuix-Oneix (French pronunciation:[amɛ̃døʃɔnɛʃ];Basque:Amendüze-Unaso;Occitan:Fineuix) is acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment in theNouvelle-Aquitaineregion in southwesternFrance.
The inhabitants of the commune are known asAmendüztar.[3][4]
Amendeuix-Oneix is located some 50 km east by southeast ofBayonne and 40 km south-west ofOrthez in the Mixe country in theformer Basque province ofLower Navarre. The village can be accessed by the D124 road fromGarris in the west passing northeast to the village then continuing north to join the D29. The D11 road also passes through the south of the commune from Garris toSaint-Palais. The small D511 road links the D11 to the D124 within the commune.[5]
Located in theDrainage divide of theAdour, the northern part of the eastern border of the commune is theBidouze which flows north to join theAdour west ofPeyrehorade. The southern part of the eastern border consists of theJoyeuse with many tributaries rising in the commune including theAlgueruko erreka, theSallarteko erreka, and theSoubiaga erreka. TheAitzeguerris rises just south of the village and flows into the Bidouze.
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The currentBasque name isAmendüze-Unaso.[7] Jean-Baptiste Orpustan[8] suggested that Oneix means the 'place of abundant hills'.Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[3] however suggested that Oneix came from the BasqueUnanu which means theAsphodelus (plant) and signifies a "place where the asphodelus is abundant. She also suggested that the origin of Amendeuix was Aquitane-Roman to designate a noble domain.
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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| Amendeuix | Sanctus Joannes de Mindus | 1160 | Orpustan | Village | ||
| Amindux | 1316 | Orpustan | ||||
| Aminduch | 1350 | Orpustan | ||||
| Aminduz | 1413 | Orpustan | ||||
| Mendux | 1413 | Orpustan | ||||
| Sent-Johan de Mendux | 1472 | Raymond | 5 | Notaries | ||
| Armendux | 1513 | Raymond | 5 | Pamplona | ||
| Amenduxs | 1600 | Raymond | 5 | Pau | ||
| Amendux | 1621 | Raymond | 5 | Biscay | ||
| Oneix | Sanctus Petrus de Onas | 1160 | Orpustan | Village | ||
| Onnaçu | 1249 | Orpustan | ||||
| Oneyx | 1316 | Orpustan | ||||
| Honeis | 1350 | Orpustan | ||||
| Onasso | 1394 | Orpustan | ||||
| Onex | 1472 | Raymond | 125 | Notaries | ||
| Onecx | 1513 | Raymond | 125 | Pamplona | ||
| Oniz | 1621 | Raymond | 125 | Biscay | ||
| Onazo | 1863 | Raymond | 125 | Basque | ||
| Hiriberry | Hiriberry | 1863 | Raymond | 78 | Hamlet | |
| Jauréguy | Jauréguy | 1863 | Raymond | 85 | Fief, Vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre | |
| Lanevieille | La noble salle de Lanevielhe d'Amenduxs | 1600 | Raymond | 91 | Pau | Fief, Vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre |
| Lanavieja | 1621 | Raymond | 92 | Biscay | ||
| Lanevieille | 1863 | Raymond | 91 | |||
| Salla | La Salle | 1863 | Raymond | 154 | Fief, Vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre |
Sources:
Origins:
In the 16th century (1594), evidence of witchcraft was reported by an admonition to the States of Navarre by the Prosecutor of Mixe (together with those of Arberoue, Ostabaret,Irissarry,Ossès,Baigorri, andLa Bastide-Clairence), who complained of a lack of prosecution and requesting that each town or district of Lower Navarre elect "two men of good character who are not suspects to find and punish the perpetrators of these crimes of witchcraft, apostasy, and magic: to be joined with the people of Roy and all at the expense of those convicted or, in case of insolvency, to those countries and places which will be instructed". Part of this admonition followed a request from the inhabitants of Amendeuix dating from 1587 who claimed to have been victims of "spells that were manifested mainly by evil barking".[15]
The village of Oneix joined with Amendeuix to form the commune of Amendeuix-Oneix on 27 August 1846.
| Blazon: Quarterly, 1 and 4 of Or with an Oak vert debruised by a boar of sable at the foot of the tree; at 2 and 3 party per fesse wavy of argent and azure. |
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List of Successive Mayors[16]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1837 | 1846 | Jean Longy |
| 1846 | 1848 | Jean-Paul Larregoyen |
| 1848 | 1871 | Jean Longy |
| 1871 | 1873 | Franck d'Andurain |
| 1873 | 1884 | Gabriel Longy |
| 1884 | 1885 | Rémy Etcheto |
| 1885 | 1909 | Gabriel Longy |
| 1909 | 1912 | M Sabalette |
| 1912 | 1938 | Jean-Pierre Longy |
| 1938 | 1945 | Auguste de Castelbajac |
| 1959 | 1974 | Léon Longy |
| 1995 | 2001 | Arnaud Mandagaran |
| 2001 | 2014 | Armel Pierre Drouilhet |
| 2014 | 2020 | Arnaud Mandagaran |
| 2020 | 2024 | Jean-Marc Trenthomas |
| 2024 | 2026 | Stéphane Poisson |
The commune belongs to seven inter-communal structures:
In 1350 ninefires were reported in Oneix and 15-18 in Amendeuix.[17]
The fiscal census of 1412-1413,[18] made[19] on the orders ofCharles III of Navarre, compared with that of 1551men and weapons that are in this kingdom of Navarre this side of the ports,[20] reveals a demography with strong growth. The first census indicated the presence of 13 fires in Amendeuix with the second showing 40 (33 + 7 secondary fires). The same census reported 8 fires in Oneix in 1412-1413 against 17 (14 + 3 secondary fires) in 1551.
The census of the population ofLower Navarre in 1695[21] counted 63 fires at Amendeuix and 20 at Oneix.
In 2017 the commune had 448 inhabitants. The population data given in the table and graph below include the former commune of Oneix.
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The commune is part of theAppellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone ofOssau-iraty.
According to theMap of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by PrinceLouis-Lucien Bonaparte the dialect of Basque spoken in Amendeuix-Oneix is eastern low Navarrese.
Two churches in the commune are registered as historical monuments:
[25] at Oneix.[26] at Amendeuix.The commune has a kindergarten.
Amendeuix,Gabat,Ilharre, andLabets-Biscay have partnered to create an inter-educational grouping (RPI[27]).
