Armendarits Explained

Armendarits
Native Name:Armendaritze
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason ville fr Armendaritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).svg
Arrondissement:Bayonne
Canton:Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
Insee:64046
Postal Code:64640
Mayor:Lucien Delgue[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Pays Basque
Coordinates:43.3025°N -1.1722°W
Elevation M:182
Elevation Min M:99
Elevation Max M:403
Area Km2:17.27

Armendarits (in French pronounced as /aʁmɛ̃daʁits/;)[2] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Armendariztar in Basque.[2] [3] [4]

Geography

Amendarits is located some 12 km south-west of Saint-Palais and some 8 km north-east of Irissarry and is in the former province of Lower Navarre. Access to the commune is by road D300 from Iholdy in the south to the village. The D8 going east from Iholdy also passes through the southern part of the commune. The D245 from Hélette in the west passes through the commune and the village and continues north to join the D14 just south-east of Méharin. There is also the D408 which links the village to the D8 road inside the commune. Apart from a few patches of forest the commune is entirely farmland.[5]

Numerous streams rise in the commune: the Erreka Handia and its tributaries flows north past the village, the Iharte also flows north to the east of the village, and the Ossinako Erreka forms part of the south-western border as it flows south.[5]

Places and Hamlets

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Toponymy

The commune name in Basque is Armendaritze.[2] [4]

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Armendarits Armandarys 1249 Orpustan Village
Armendariz 1256 Raymond Bayonne
Sancta Maria de Armendaridz 1256 Raymond Bayonne
Armendariz 1264 Orpustan
Armendarriz 1292 Orpustan
Armendaritz 1366 Orpustan
Armendaritz 1413 Orpustan
Armendaritz 1428 Raymond Duchesne
Arbendaritz 1529 Raymond Chapter
Aguerréa Aguerre 1863 Raymond Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
Curutzétako Borda La Croix Boria 1863 Raymond Place of pilgrimage
Élissetche Élissetche 1863 Raymond Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
Etchebarne Etchebarne 1863 Raymond Place of pilgrimage

Sources:

Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. [8]

Origins:

History

Paul Raymond[8] noted on page 10 of his 1863 dictionary that Armendarits was a former Barony, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[12]

From To Name Party Position
1939 1964 Bertrand Ilharreborde
1964 1986 Juliette Richard
1986 1989 Laurent Garat
1989 2026 Lucien Delgue President of the Community of Communes

Inter-communality

Armendarits is part of seven inter-communal structures:

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 405 inhabitants.

Economy

Economic activity is mainly agricultural. The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

Civil Heritage

Several buildings and sites in the commune are registered as historical monuments:

Other sites of interest

Religious Heritage

Hilarri Picture Gallery

Facilities

Education

The commune has a primary school.

Notable people linked to the commune

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
  2. https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/armendaritze/ar-21520/ ARMENDARITZE
  3. [Brigitte Jobbé-Duval]
  4. http://www.euskaltzaindia.net/index.php?option=com_eoda&view=toponimia&Itemid=471&nonkodea=6.3&lang=fr Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque Language
  5. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Armendarits/@43.2966035,-1.1605551,6768m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd56d25ac2d45ab9:0x40665174813acd0?hl=en Google Maps
  6. http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-1.1722,43.3025&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Géoportail
  7. Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006,
  8. https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees
  9. Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  10. Duchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian - Bibliothèque nationale de France
  11. Chapter of Bayonne in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  12. http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22154 List of Mayors of France
  13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  15. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
  19. Manex Goyhenetche, General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001,, page 225.
  20. Book: Stephen Bull. Encyclopedia of military technology and innovation. 2004. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-1-57356-557-8. 44.

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