Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby Arüe-Ithorrotze-Olhaibi | |
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 Location of Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby | |
  Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby  Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby | |
| Coordinates:43°19′09″N0°54′59″W / 43.3192°N 0.9164°W /43.3192; -0.9164 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Michel Sicre[1] |
Area 1 | 17.85 km2 (6.89 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 231 |
| • Density | 12.9/km2 (33.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64049 /64120 |
| Elevation | 89–231 m (292–758 ft) (avg. 114 m or 374 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby (French pronunciation:[aʁuitɔʁɔtsɔlajbi];Basque:Arüe-Ithorrotze-Olhaibi) is acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment in theNouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-westernFrance.
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Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby is located in theformer Basque province ofSoule some 10 km east ofSaint-Palais and 10 km south ofSauveterre-de-Béarn. Access to the commune is by the D11 road fromDomezain-Berraute in the west passing through the west fork of the commune thenEtcharry then the east fork and the village before continuing south-east toCharritte-de-Bas. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[3]
Located in theDrainage basin of theAdour, the commune is traversed from south to north by theLafoure (a tributary of theSaison) with its tributary theHourquet and theLauhirasse with its tributary theThiancoenia erreka.[3]
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The commune name inbasque isArüe-Ithorrotze-Olhaibi.[6]
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan indicated thatIthorots possibly signified "source of cold water" andOlhaïby "the ford of the huts".[7]
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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| Aroue | Aroe | 1337 | Orpustan | 228 | Village | |
| Aroa | 1385 | Raymond | 11 | Duchesne | ||
| Aroe | 1460 | Raymond | 11 | Ohix | ||
| Sent Stephen d'Aroe | 1469 | Raymond | 11 | Ohix | ||
| Degaierie de Aroa | 1520 | Orpustan | 228 | |||
| Aroue | 1690 | Orpustan | 228 | |||
| Aroüe | 1750 | Cassini | ||||
| Ithorots | Ithorrodz | 1337 | Orpustan | 233 | Village | |
| Uthorrotz | 1469 | Orpustan | 233 | |||
| Itorrotz | 1469 | Raymond | 84 | Ohix | ||
| Utorrotz | 1478 | Raymond | 84 | Ohix | ||
| Utorrotz | 1480 | Raymond | 84 | Ohix | ||
| Ytorrotz | 1482 | Raymond | 84 | Ohix | ||
| Y Ptorrotz | 1690 | Orpustan | 233 | |||
| Iptorrotz | 1690 | Orpustan | 233 | |||
| Ithorrotz | 1750 | Cassini | ||||
| Ittorrolz | 1801 | EHESS (1) | Bulletin des Lois | |||
| Olhaïbi | Olhaivi | 1308 | Orpustan | 233 | Village | |
| Olhabie | 1375 | Raymond | 124 | Luntz | ||
| Olƒabie | 1376 | Raymond | 124 | Military | ||
| Olhaibie | 1385 | Raymond | 124 | Duchesne | ||
| Olhabia | 1407 | Raymond | 124 | Duchesne | ||
| Olhayvi | 1496 | Raymond | 124 | Ohix | ||
| Olharby | 1563 | Raymond | 124 | Languedoc | ||
| Olhayby | 1690 | Orpustan | 233 | |||
| Olhaybié | 1690 | Orpustan | 233 | |||
| Olhaybi | 1750 | Cassini | ||||
| Olhaiby | 1793 | EHESS (2) | ||||
| Abbadie | L'Abbadie | 1863 | Raymond | 1 | Lay Abbey of Ithorots, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule | |
| Bartulague | Batrulague | 1477 | Raymond | 22 | Ohix | Farm of Ithorots-Olhaïby |
| Barthulague | 1863 | Raymond | 22 | |||
| Béloscar | Belhoscar | 1496 | Raymond | 27 | Ohix | Farm in Aroue |
| Lafaure | La Phaura | 1538 | Raymond | 135 | Reformation | Stream which rises in Aroue, crossesEtcharry and joins theSaison atEspiute |
| La Phaure | 1863 | Raymond | 135 | |||
| Olhassaria | Olhassari | 17th century | Raymond | 124 | Arthez-Lasalle | Fief under the Viscounts of Soule |
| Olhassarry | 1863 | Raymond | 124 |
Sources:
Origins:
Paul Raymond noted on page 11 of his 1863 dictionary that Aroue was one of the seven districts of Soule and depended on themessagerie of Barhoue. There was aLay Abbey at Ithorots, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule. The fief of Olhaïby was a vassal of the Viscounts of Soule and its owner was one of tenpotestats of Soule.[4]
The commune had a "Temple of Reason" during theFrench Revolution, undoubtedly because in the Béarnais region, Aroue was the only Basque commune to adopt theJacobin anti-religion policy.
Between 1790 and 1794 Ithorots commune was merged[16] with Olhaïby to form the new commune of Ithorots-Olhaïby. On 1 August 1973 (by prefectural order of 20 July 1973), the commune of Aroue merged with Ithorots-Olhaïby to form the new commune of Aroue-Ithorots-Olhaïby.
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List of mayors[17]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1953 | 2001 | Franz Duboscq |
| 2001 | 2008 | Marcel Gégu |
| 2008 | 2014 | Jean-Pascal Barneix |
| 2014 | 2020 | Jean-Pierre Barneix |
| 2020 | 2026 | Michel Sicre |
The commune is part of eight inter-communal structures:
The inhabitants of the commune are known asArouetarrak.[18] The population data given in the table and graph below for 1968 and earlier refer to the former commune of Aroue.
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The town is part of theAppellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone ofOssau-iraty.
The village has architecture typical of the eastern Basque Country: gable roofs covered with tiles, whitewashed walls with houses from the 16th century.
As in many Basque villages, thefronton is adjacent to the church.
Two churches are registered as historical monuments:
[21] is aRomanesque church rebuilt in the 19th century. There is a sculpture from the 12th century of Saint Jacques on a horse and a Spanish image of "Matamoro".[22]
[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]The town lies on theGR 65. It is at the beginning of the 7th section of the GR which is listed byUNESCO asWorld Heritage. The presentation file to UNESCO locates the commune on theVia Podiensis on theWay of St. James. There is no real historical justification for this but it is an important fact for this small town. Justification was found by Dr. Urrutibetehy, the pioneer who traced the paths in the region (it was he who set up the so-calledStele of Gibraltar and made a point of convergence of these paths). He saw in the horseman shown on the lintel of the door of the sacristy, a representation of Saint Jacques Matamoros.
