Andoins Explained

Andoins
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Andoins 64.svg
Arrondissement:	Pau
Canton:	Pays de Morlaàs et du Montanérès
Insee:	64021
Postal Code:	64420
Mayor:	Aude Lacaze-Labadie^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Nord-Est Béarn
Coordinates:	43.3056°N -0.2275°W
Elevation M:	342
Elevation Min M:	255
Elevation Max M:	357
Area Km2:	12.22

Andoins is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

Geography

Location

The commune is part of the urban area of Pau and is located 5 km east of Pau (five miles), the commune is part of the Vic-Bilh region of Gascony.

Access

The commune is traversed by the A64 autoroute however there is no exit in the commune. The nearest exit is Exit 11 just south-east of the commune. Access to the village is by the D39 road from Morlaàs in the north-west which continues south-east to Limendous. There is also the D538 which goes north-west from the village to Serres-Morlaàs. There is also the D215 which goes south-west from the village to Artigueloutan.^[2]

Hydrography

Located in the drainage basin of the Adour, the commune is traversed from south-east to north-west by the Luy de France which forms part of the northern border before continuing to join the Lucet east of Morlaàs.

The Ayguelengue forms the southern border of the commune before joining the Oussere and continuing west.^[2]

Localities and hamlets

• Lous Augas
• Baradat
• Barrails
• Bégué
• Bordenave
• Capdepon
• Cazaux
• Cazenave
• Courriades
• Freitet
• Gabaix
• Las Grabes
• Hourcade
• Lapoutge
• Laulhé
• Grange Laulhé
• Lendrat
• Minvielle
• Grange Montané
• Pé-deu-Boscq
• Peyré
• Poublan
• Puyau
• Teulé
• Troubet
• Vergez

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Neighbouring communes and villages

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Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Andonsh. (according to the classical norm of Occitan).

Brigitte Jobbé-Duval^[4] indicates that the village's name probably comes from the family name Antonius, modified in basque to Anton plus the suffix -tz inducing the property of or the domain of Anton.

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Andoins	Andongns	12th century	Raymond			Village
	Andongs	1101	Raymond		Cartulary of Morlaàs
	Andons	12th century	Raymond
	Andoniœ	1270	Raymond
	Andonhs	13th century	Raymond
	Andoyns	14th century	Raymond		Census
Aus-Cités	Aus-Cités	1863	Raymond			Place
Freitet	Lo boscq et lane aperat lo Freytat	1457	Raymond		Ossau	Wood
Hourcade	La Forcade	1385	Raymond		Census	Farm
Marque-Debat	La Marque-Debat	1863	Raymond			Hamlet
Marque-Dehore	La Marque-Dehore	1863	Raymond			Hamlet
Pé-deu-Boscq	Pé-deu-Boscq	1863	Raymond			Farm

Sources:

• Raymond

Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. ^[5]

Origins:

• Lescar: Cartulary of Lescar
• Pau: Cartulary of the Château of Pau^[6]
• Fors de Béarn^[7]
• Census: Census of Béarn^[7]
• Ossau: Cartulary of Ossau.^[8]

History

Paul Raymond on page 5 of the 1863 dictionary noted that Andoins was the seat of the second largest barony in Béarn which also included Limendous. He also noted that in 1385 there were 20 fires in Andoins and it depended on the Bailiwick of Pau.^[5] The town was part of the archdeaconry of Vic-Bilh, which depended on the bishopric of Lescar of which Lembeye was the capital.^[5]

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[9]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2001	Jean Gabaix
2001	2014	Isabelle Lahore
2014	2020	Christian Roché

Intercommunality

Andois is part of six inter-communal structures:

• the public agency for local management;
• the Communauté de communes du Nord-Est Béarn;
• the AEP association of the Ousse Valley;
• the energy association for Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• the intercommunal association for consolidation of the communes of the plain of Ousse;
• the intercommunal association for the construction of the rescue centre at Soumoulou.

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andonésien(ne)s in French.^[10]

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings that are registered as historical monuments:

• A House at Grange Montane (19th century)^[11]
• A Fortified Area (11th century)^[12]
• A Farmhouse at Poublan (1904)^[13]
• The Maison Séries Farmhouse (1913)^[14]
• The Maison Lacaze Farmhouse (18th century)^[15]
• The Cazenave Farmhouse (1899)^[16]
• The Maison Coustet Farmhouse (18th century)^[17]
• Houses and Farms (18th - 20th centuries)^[18]

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint-Laurent (19th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[19] The church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

• The Furniture in the Church^{[20] [21]}
• An Altar Vase (19th century)^[22]
• A Sunburst Monstrance (19th century)^[23]
• A Lantern (19th century)^[24]
• A Thurible (17th century)^[25]
• 2 Processional Crosses (19th century)^{[26] [27]}
• A Painting: Stations of the Cross (1883)^[28]
• A Candlestick (18th century)^[29]
• 4 Candlesticks (19th century)^[30]
• A Group Sculpture: Education of the Virgin (19th century)^[31]
• A Mural Painting: Scenes from the life of Saint Lawrence (19th century)^[32]
• 3 Chandeliers (19th century)^{[33] [34]}
• A Sideboard (19th century)^[35]
• A Chair and 3 Prie-dieux (19th century)^[36]
• The Choir Enclosure (1850)^[37]
• A central Stoup (19th century)^[38]
• An Altar and Tabernacle (1845)^[39]
• An Altar Cross (18th century)^[40]
• 2 Statues: Saint Peter and Saint Paul (1740 & 1760)^[41]
• Altar seating and a Tabernacle (1740 & 1760)^[42]
• Secondary Altar (1864)^[43]
• The whole Altar of the Blessed Sacrament (18th century)^[44]
• An Altar, Tabernacle, and 4 Altar Candlesticks (1841)^[45]
• 4 Stained glass windows (Bays 1-4) (1923)^[46]

Notable people linked to the commune

• Guilhem Arnaud, Baron of Andoins who died in 1301. His funerary monument^[47] is displayed in the church of the Commandery of Caubin in the commune of Arthez-de-Béarn.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

External links

• Andoins on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
• Andoins on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
2. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Andoins,+France/@43.3008045,-0.2257769,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xd563731abbb6e6b:0x2cd1dea2b42df322 Google Maps
3. http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-0.2275,43.3056&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Géoportail
4. [Brigitte Jobbé-Duval]
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees
6. Manuscripts in two volumes, 17th century, in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
7. Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
8. Cartulary of Ossau or red book, a Manuscript from the 15th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
9. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/chercher.php List of Mayors of France
10. https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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