Arricau-Bordes | |
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| Coordinates:43°29′39″N0°08′01″W / 43.4942°N 0.1336°W /43.4942; -0.1336 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Terres des Luys et Coteaux du Vic-Bilh |
| Intercommunality | Nord-Est Béarn |
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| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Marie-Odile Rigaud[1] |
Area 1 | 8.10 km2 (3.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 105 |
| • Density | 13.0/km2 (33.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64052 /64350 |
| Elevation | 140–299 m (459–981 ft) (avg. 284 m or 932 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Arricau-Bordes (French pronunciation:[aʁikobɔʁd];Occitan:Arricau e Bòrdas) is acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment in theNouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-westernFrance.
Arricau-Bordes is located some 12 km north-west ofMaubourguet and some 40 km north-east ofPau. Access to the commune is by the D13 road fromCadillon in the north passing through the heart of the commune and through the village then continuing south toLembeye. The D298 fromAurions-Idernes forms the entire eastern border of the commune as it goes south to join the D13 north of Lembaye. The D228 comes fromSéméacq-Blachon in the east and passes through the south of the commune west toGayon. About 60% of the commune is forested mostly in a north–south belt through the centre with the rest of the commune farmland.[3]
TheLisau river flows through the heart of the commune from theLac de Castillon just over the southern border to theLac de Cadillon just over the northern border of the commune.[3]
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The commune name inbéarnais isArricau-Bordas.
According toMichel Grosclaude the nameArricau was formed from twoGascon terms:arric, meaning "ravine" or "Thalweg", andcau, meaning "sunken".[7]
Bordes comes from theOccitanborda meaning "house" or "Farm".[8]
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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| Arricau | Arricau | 12th century | Raymond | 12 | Marca | Village |
| Arricau | 1385 | Raymond | 12 | Census | ||
| Ricau | 14th century | Raymond | 12 | Census | ||
| Arricau-Viele | 1538 | Raymond | 12 | Reformation | ||
| Bordes | Bordas | 11th century | Raymond | 33 | Lescar | Village |
| Bordes en Vic-Bilh | 1673 | Raymond | 33 | Reformation | ||
| Domengé | L'ostau de Domenger | 1385 | Raymond | 56 | Census | Farm |
| Lahitole | La Fitola | 1538 | Raymond | 89 | Reformation | Hamlet |
| Lahitolle | 1673 | Raymond | 89 | Reformation | ||
| Lafitole | 1863 | Raymond | 89 | |||
| La Fitole | 1863 | Raymond | 89 | |||
| Nouguès | Noguer | 1385 | Raymond | 123 | Census | Farm |
| Saint-Martin | Saint-Martin | 1863 | Raymond | 150 | Hamlet |
Sources:
Origins:
Paul Raymond noted that, in 1385, Arricau and Bordes depended on thebailiwick ofLembeye and had respectively 18 and 12fires. Arricau then had two parishes: Saint-Martin and Saint-Jacques. The fief of Bordes depended on theViscounts of Béarn.[4]
Arricau and Bordes were merged between 1861 and 1866.[13]
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List of Successive Mayors[14]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1995 | 2008 | Jean-Paul Cassou |
| 2008 | 2014 | Frédéric Cerisère |
| 2014 | 2026 | Marie-Odile Rigaud |
The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:[15]
In 2017 the commune had 108 inhabitants. The population data given in the table and graph below for 1861 and earlier refer to the former commune of Arricau.
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The commune is part of theAppellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zones ofMadiran, Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh, andBéarn.
The commune has many sites that are registered as historical monuments:
[17] The Chateau contains several items that are registered as historical objects:[5][5][21] Of the 40 buildings studied, 27 dated from before 1871.[21]The commune has two churches that are registered as historical monuments:
[22] was mentioned in 1570 but was destroyed two centuries later.[23] The Church contains several items that are registered as historical objects:
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