Arcangues Arrangoitze | |
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 Arcangues Town Hall | |
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| Coordinates:43°26′15″N1°31′11″W / 43.4375°N 1.5197°W /43.4375; -1.5197 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Philippe Echeverria[1] |
Area 1 | 17.47 km2 (6.75 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,657 |
| • Density | 209.3/km2 (542.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64038 /64200 |
| Elevation | 4–140 m (13–459 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. | |
Arcangues (French pronunciation:[aʁkɑ̃g];Basque:Arrangoitze) is acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment in theNouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwesternFrance in what was formerly the Basque province ofLabourd.
Arcangues belongs to the urban area ofBayonne and is located some 10 km south by south-west of Bayonne, 8 km south-east ofBiarritz, and 6 km north-west ofUstaritz.
TheA63 autoroute passes through the northern tip of the commune with the nearest exit being Exit
4 to the west of the commune but the slightly farther Exit 5 to the east connects directly to the D3 road which passes south through the commune and the village toSaint-Pée-sur-Nivelle. There is also the D755 which branches off the D3 in the north of the commune and continues south through the west of the commune to join the D255 on the commune's south-western border. The D933 road fromAnglet toUstaritz also passes through the eastern tip of the commune with a roundabout linking to country roads in the commune.[3]
The commune of Arcangues is traversed by the riverUhabia,[4] the Urdainzko erreka,[5] and the Harrietako erreka.[6] The latter two discharge into theNive, a tributary of theAdour.
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Thebasque name of the commune isArrangoitze.[8]
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan[9] proposed a joining of the basque wordsar-gain, meaning "high rock", and-goiz meaning "an open position facing east" which results in the compound meaning "high rocks facing east".
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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| Arcangues | Archangos | 1170 | Orpustan | 31 | Village | |
| Archagos | 1170 | Orpustan | 31 | |||
| Archagos | 12th century | Raymond | 9 | Bayonne | Village | |
| Arcangos | 1249 | Orpustan | 31 | |||
| Arcangos | 1255 | Raymond | 9 | Bayonne | ||
| Archangos | 13th century | Raymond | 9 | |||
| Argangois | 1302 | Raymond | 9 | Chapter | ||
| Argangos | 1302 | Raymond | 9 | Chapter | ||
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Arcangos | 16th century | Raymond | 9 | Collations | ||
| Ablaintz | Ablaintz | 1083 | Goyheneche | |||
| Naubeis | 1149 | Goyheneche | (Naubeys inGascon | |||
| Abots | Abots | 1863 | Raymond | 2 | Village | |
| Alotz | Alots | 1863 | Raymond | 5 | Stream which gave its name to the Moulin d'Alotz with a source in Arcangues and fed the Uhabia. | |
| Berriotz | Le Bois de Berriots | 13th century | Raymond | 29 | Bayonne | Wood |
| La Chapelle | La Chapelle | 1863 | Raymond | 48 | Hamlet | |
| Chourroumilatch | Chouroumillatché | 1863 | Raymond | 50 | Mill | |
| Dornadieta | Dornariette | 1863 | Raymond | 57 | Hamlet | |
| Gastelhur | Gaztelur | 1401 | Arcangues | 68 | Farm | |
| Gastelur | 1764 | Raymond | 68 | Collations | There was aprebend of its name in the Church of Arcangues | |
| Gastellur | 1863 | Raymond | 68 | |||
| Jauréguia | Jauréguia | 1863 | Raymond | 85 | Farm | |
| Othe Zahar | Othéçarra | 1863 | Raymond | 129 | Wood | |
| Sainte-Barbe | Sainte-Barbe | 1863 | Raymond | 146 | A rise in the land between Arcangues andUstaritz |
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Origins:
The lordship of Arcangues has been mentioned since the 12th century.[11] Sanche d'Arcangues[12] and Aner de Archangos were cited as witnesses or guarantors of real estate transactions between 1150 and 1170.
The beginning of the 16th century inLabourd was marked by the appearance of theplague. TheGascon registers[15] track its expansion. on 8 February 1517 the plague was reported in Arcangues.
The office of King's Prosecutor belonged to the Arcangues family from the 17th century. Also Laurent, Lord and patron of Arcangues, Curutcheta, and Elissagaray was prosecutor of the Bailiwick of Labourd from 1614 to 1643.[16] His son Jean d'Arcangues received the office of King's Prosecutor by letters patent ofLouis XIII of 4 July 1643. Pierre d'Arcangues continued in the office from 1670 to 1692. FinallySquire Gaspard d'Arcangues, Lord and patron of Arcangues and Curutcheta was the last family member to hold the office from 15 April 1714 to 1749.
Squire Michel d'Arcangues, Lord and patron of Arcangues and Curutcheta, baptised at Bayonne on 17 October 1719, captain of the provincial militia of Labourd, married to Rose d'Aragorri (1722-1758), by which the title of Spanish Marquis of Iranda[17] passed to their son Nicolas François Xavier d'Arcangues (Arcangues, 1753 -Saint-Pierre-d'Irube 1826). Rights to this title was authorized in France for life in April 1781 by letters patent ofLouis XVI.
Michel Louis d'Arcangues (San Sebastian, 1790 -Bayonne, 1868) was the fourth Spanish Marquis of Iranda, Mayor of Arcangues for forty years and General Counsel forBasses-Pyrénées.
His eldest son, Alexis d'Arcangues (Bayonne, 1821 - Saint-Pierre-d'Irube 1877), succeeded him. He was mayor ofVillefranque then Arcangues and General Counsel forBasses-Pyrénées.
Miguel Marie (Bayonne, 1857 - Arcangues, 1915), the 6th Spanish Marquis of Iranda, succeeded him.
Pierre d'Arcangues, born 12 April 1886 in Paris and died on 22 May 1973 in Arcangues, the 7th Marquis, was a poet and novelist and the father of Guy d'Arcangues, the 8th Marquis of Iranda, Viscount of Ascubea, and writer, who wrote in particularLes Tambours de Septembre (The Drums of September).
The home to the Marquis d'Arcangues, the Chateau of Arcangues, was used as theDuke of Wellington's headquarters during the December 1813Battle of the Nive in thePeninsular War. Kincaid, an officer in the Rifle Brigade (95th Regiment of Foot, part of the Light Division) was billeted in the Chateau and makes extensive reference to it and its occupants in his memoirs ‘Adventures in the Rifle Brigade’.[18]
During theGerman occupation of France in World War II, theNazis used the chateau as the headquarters for their local troops.
The FrenchThoroughbredracehorseArcangues, who was given the village's name, won the 1993Breeders' Cup Classic atSanta Anita Park inArcadia, California.
| Blazon: Party per cross, first Argent, a tree eradicated of Vert and a lion passant of Gules over the trunk; second and third Azure, a cross of Or; fourth Gules with three pigeons Argent in line on a terrace in base Vert; over all an Inescutcheon of Gules with three chevrons of Or. |
List of Successive Mayors[19]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1790 | Jean Baptiste Michel Larre | |
| 1791 | 1794 | Jean Etcheberry |
| 1794 | 1795 | Jean Laborde |
| 1795 | 1797 | Pierre Mimiague |
| 1797 | 1799 | Bertrand Dunate |
| 1799 | 1800 | Jean Laborde Petita |
| 1800 | >1803 | Dominique Bastres |
| <1815 | 1815 | Jean-Baptiste Larre |
| 1815 | 1827 | Michel d'Arcangues |
| 1827 | 1833 | Michel Garrin |
| 1833 | 1837 | Étienne Mimiague |
| 1837 | 1840 | Pierre Darthayet |
| 1840 | 1848 | Michel Garrin |
| 1848 | 1852 | Étienne Mimiague |
| 1852 | 1868 | Michel d'Arcangues |
| 1868 | 1871 | Jean Aldabe |
| 1871 | 1878 | Alexis d'Arcangues |
| 1878 | 1892 | Dominique Doyhenard |
| 1892 | 1904 | Alexandre Molinié |
| 1904 | 1906 | Michel d'Arcangues |
| 1906 | 1908 | Jean Aldabe |
| 1908 | 1915 | Michel d'Arcangues |
| 1915 | 1919 | Jean Biolet |
| 1919 | 1929 | André Soulange-Bodin |
| From | To | Name |
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| 1929 | 1969 | Pierre d'Arcangues |
| 1969 | 1971 | Jean d'Arcangues |
| 1971 | 1983 | Albert Viala |
| 1983 | 2014 | Jean-Michel Colo |
| 2014 | 2026 | Philippe Echeverria |
Arcangues is part of seven inter-communal structures:
The commune is part of the Basque Bayonne - San Sebastian Eurocity.
The inhabitants of the commune are known asArcanguais orArcanguaises in French,[20][21] and asArrangoiztar inBasque.[8]
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The town is part of theAppellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone designation ofOssau-iraty.
ETPM (Multiple Public Works Company) is an independent French company based in Arcangues whose main activity is the execution of works for electrical and telecommunication networks.
The shutters of aBasque house, made with solid wood slats, are painted the same colour as the other wooden parts of the facades or framing. They are generally in a dark red called "basque red". There has also been, since the 19th century, a very dark blue - a kind of Prussian blue - and a "deep" dark green also as well as sometimes a very light gray. At Arcangues the Marquis, Pierre d'Arcangues, introduced a lighter blue, which has retained the nameBlue of Arcangues.
It was in Arcangues that the first SeaskaIkastola was created in 1969.
According to theMap of the Seven Basque Provinces by PrinceLouis-Lucien Bonaparte (1863), the Basque dialect spoken in Arcangues is NorthernHigh Navarrese. However, the classification has changed. With new methodological criteria, the Basque dialectology has grown considerably in recent years and, according to the latest work by thephilologistKoldo Zuazo, the Basque dialect used in Arcangues is Navarro-labourdin with an east-west sub-dialect. It is an intermediate sub-dialect combining the Navarro-labourdin sub-dialect of the east and the west.[24]
Until then not to be educated or to be illiterate was not a problem in the Basque Country. The inhabitants had their oral culture and that was enough to satisfy their needs. This lifestyle change radically in the 20th century and French replaced Basque in the general population since literacy was more useful in the dominant language. Then, in the late 1960s, astandard Basque was taught.[25] It in no way replaced the local dialect but had the objective to integrate all formal sectors such as radio, television, print, Internet, research, teaching, literature, administration, etc. In informal areas, however, the dialect is still used, especially in areas where there are native Basque speakers. Despite all these changes it seems that, in the medium term, the navarro-labourdin dialect may disappear with its speakers and be replaced by a unified language:batua.[26]
is registered as an historical monument.[27] It was rebuilt in 1900. The central body of the building, flanked by two wings, is surmounted by a glass roof which illuminates the interior of the building. It stands on a small hill in the middle of a small park planted with oaks. is registered as an historical monument.[29]
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which is registered as an historical monument.[30] An inscription above the entrance to the chapel indicates that the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church of Uhabia was founded in 1516 by Augier d'Arcangues, Squire and Lord.
Part of the territory of the commune belongs to the regional natural reserve ofErrota Handia managed by theAcademy of Natural Areas of Aquitaine who also manage the Chouroumillas (Xurrumilatx) Pond: a wetland located in the north-west of the commune.
Other than the Lau-herri Society forBasque pelota, from where the professional champion Simon Haran originated, community life is organized around the Emak-Hor society which has rugby, handball, gymnastics, marching band, a male chorus (Adixkideak) and a folk group. The Golf course between Arcangues and Arbonne has safeguarded the environmental heritage of the town.
The commune has a primary school.
There is a pharmacy, a dentist, a GP, and physiotherapists.
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