| Alos-Sibas-Abense | |
| Native Name: | Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville Fr Alos-Sibas-Abense (64).svg |
| Arrondissement: | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton: | Montagne Basque |
| Insee: | 64017 |
| Postal Code: | 64470 |
| Mayor: | Jean-Pierre Iriart[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA Pays Basque |
| Coordinates: | 43.12°N -0.8747°W |
| Elevation M: | 221 |
| Elevation Min M: | 204 |
| Elevation Max M: | 414 |
| Area Km2: | 5.78 |
Alos-Sibas-Abense (in French pronounced as /alɔs sibas abɛ̃s/;)[2] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
It is located in the former province of Soule.[2]
Alos-Sibas-Abense is located some 90 km south-east of Bayonne and 80m km west of Lourdes. The D918 road runs down the eastern border of the commune, but does not enter. Access to the commune is on road D247 from Alcay-Alcabehety-Sunharette in the southwest which runs through the heart of the commune to the village. It then continues to the southeast linking with the D918 at Tardets-Sorholus. Most of the commune is farmland with some forest and it has a network of country roads covering most of the commune.[3]
Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the Saison river passes along and forms the eastern border of the commune parallel with the D918 road. The Aphoura stream (18 km), which is fed by the Ardounc, the Batasse (10.1 km), the Laritolle, the Jaga, and the Uthurrotche erreka, flows near the village and to the Saisson.
The commune name in Basque is Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine.[2] [5]
The Basque form of Sibas can be Ziboz(e) or Ziborotz(e).
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan suggested that Abense came from a Roman phonetic change to the Basque Oniz > onise > oénse > auénse > abense. The base of the name is the oronym ona, also present in Bayonne and Oneix. The modern Basque form (Onizegañia, Onizegañe or Omiz(e)) are equivalent to "Upper" (gain(e)a > gañia).
Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[5] suggests that Oniz is the name of a noble Basque family.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alos | Alos | 1327 | Orpustan | Village | |||
| Alos | 1338 | Orpustan | |||||
| Alos | 1375 | Raymond | Luntz | ||||
| Alos in terra de Soule | 1405 | Raymond | Gascon roles | ||||
| Alos in terra de Sole | 1405 | Orpustan | |||||
| Alos | 1690 | Orpustan | |||||
| Alos | 1750 | Cassini | |||||
| Sibas | Sivas | 1178 | Raymond | Duchesne | Village | ||
| Sivas | 1327 | Orpustan | |||||
| Sent-Martin de Silvez | 1520 | Raymond | Soule | ||||
| Sibas | 1690 | Orpustan | |||||
| Sivas | 1690 | Orpustan | |||||
| Sibas | 1750 | Cassini | |||||
| Abense | Evense | 1337 | Orpustan | Village | |||
| Abense prope Tardetz | 1385 | Raymond | Duchesne | ||||
| Avense pres tardets | 1520 | Orpustan | |||||
| prop Tardetz Avense | 1690 | Orpustan | |||||
| Abense de Haut | 1750 | Cassini | |||||
| Abense de Haut | 1793 | EHESS | |||||
| Abeuze | 1801 | EHESS | |||||
| Abense-de-Haut | 1863 | Raymond | |||||
| Domec | Domec | 1385 | Raymond | Duchesne | Fief, depended on the Viscounts of Soule and its title counted as one of the ten potestats of Soule | ||
| Mendisquer | Menrisqueta | 1385 | Raymond | Duchesne | Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule | ||
| La Salle | La Sale de Sibas | 1455 | Raymond | Duchesne | Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule |
Sources:
Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. [7]
Origins:
Sibas merged with Alos on 23 October 1843 to form Alos-Sibas. On 16 April 1859, following the annexation of part of the territory of Abense-de-Haut, the commune took the name of Alos-Sibas-Abense.
On the same day the commune of Abense-de-Haut disappeared, its territory being divided between Alos-Sibas and Tardets.
Lists of Successive Mayors of Alos-Sibas-Abense[11]
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1796 | 1798 | Alexis Carriquert | |||
| 1798 | 1799 | Pierre Queheille | |||
| 1799 | 1824 | Jean Bastereche | |||
| 1824 | 1836 | Jean d'Arthex | |||
| 1836 | 1845 | Arnaud Sallabert |
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1795 | 1798 | Jean Carrique | |||
| 1798 | 1808 | Philippe Etchart | |||
| 1808 | 1813 | Jean Harritchague | |||
| 1813 | 1825 | Jean Carrique | |||
| 1825 | 1832 | Jean-Pierre d'Arthez-Lassalle | |||
| 1832 | 1845 | Dominique Erbin called Etchecopar |
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1793 | 1795 | André Etchart | |||
| 1795 | 1806 | Jean Althabegoity called Oliberou | |||
| 1806 | 1810 | Arnaud Irigonegaray | |||
| 1810 | 1816 | Jean-Baptiste Detchandy | |||
| 1816 | 1824 | Casimir Etchebarne | |||
| 1824 | 1848 | Jean-Baptiste Detchandy |
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1845 | 1847 | Arnaud Sallabert | |||
| 1847 | 1859 | Jules Basterreche |
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1848 | 1848 | André Etchart | |||
| 1848 | 1852 | Jean Etchecopar dit Etchahoun | |||
| 1852 | 1859 | Laurent Maytie |
| From | To | Name | Party | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1859 | 1871 | Jules Basterreche | |||
| 1871 | 1875 | Arnaud André d'Arthez Lassale | |||
| 1875 | 1881 | Jules Basterreche | |||
| 1881 | 1888 | Pierre Arainty | |||
| 1888 | 1896 | Pierre Arrospidegaray | |||
| 1896 | 1900 | Jean-Pierre Mendicouague | |||
| 1900 | 1904 | Arnaud Ibar | |||
| 1904 | 1912 | Arnaud Cocosteguy | |||
| 1912 | 1916 | Bernard Larragneguy | |||
| 1916 | 1918 | Bernard Mondot | |||
| 1918 | 1919 | Bernard Larragneguy | |||
| 1919 | 1929 | Jean Iriart | |||
| 1929 | 1939 | Pierre Marmissole | |||
| 1939 | 1940 | Joseph Etchart | |||
| 1940 | 1951 | Pierre Marmissole | |||
| 1951 | 1953 | Bernard Aguer | |||
| 1953 | 1971 | Général Pierre Montjean | |||
| 1971 | 1983 | Pierre Luchillo | |||
| 1983 | 2001 | Pierre-Clémént Iratçabal | |||
| 2001 | 2008 | Anne-Marie Etcheberry | |||
| 2008 | 2014 | Jean-Pierre Iriart |
The town is part of six intercommunal structures:[12]
The population data given in the table and graph below for 1836 and earlier refer to the former commune of Alos, and for 1841-1851 to the former commune of Alos-Sibas. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aloztar-Ziboztar-Oniztar.[13]
Economic activity is mainly focused on agriculture (livestock and pasture). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone of Ossau-iraty.
The Church of Abense contains a Processional Cross (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.
The common practices Controlled burns[14] for prevention of forest fires.
The town has an early childhood hub (Child care centre and a creche) and an Ikastola.