Alos-Sibas-Abense
Alos-Sibas-Abense (Basque: Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
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The church of Alos | |
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Location of Alos-Sibas-Abense ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 43°07′12″N 0°52′29″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
Canton | Montagne Basque |
Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Jean-Pierre Iriart |
Area 1 | 5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 319 |
• Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64017 /64470 |
Elevation | 204–414 m (669–1,358 ft) (avg. 221 m or 725 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
It is located in the former province of Soule.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aloztar-Ziboztar-Oniztar[2]
Geography
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]
Hydrography
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.
Places and hamlets[4]
Toponymy
The commune name in Basque is Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine.[6]
The Basque form of Sibas can be Ziboz(e) or Ziborotz(e).[7]
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan[7] 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,[7] Onizegañe[7] or Omiz(e)[7]) are equivalent to "Upper" (gain(e)a > gañia).
Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[6] 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 |
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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 | Bulletin des lois | |||
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:
- Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy[7]
- Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)[5]
- Cassini: 1750 Cassini Map (in French)
- EHESS: Abense on the Ldh/EHESS/Cassini database (in French)
Origins:
History
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.
Heraldry
![]() Arms of Alos-Sibas-Abense |
The motto of the commune is "atzotik biharrera (from yesterday to tomorrow)
Blazon: |
Administration
Lists of Successive Mayors of Alos-Sibas-Abense[11]
Until 1843
- Alos
From | To | Name | Party | Position |
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1796 | 1798 | Alexis Carriquert | ||
1798 | 1799 | Pierre Queheille | ||
1799 | 1824 | Jean Bastereche | ||
1824 | 1836 | Jean d'Arthex | ||
1836 | 1845 | Arnaud Sallabert |
- Sibas
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 |
- Abense-de-Haut
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 |
Until 1859
- Alos-Sibas
From | To | Name | Party | Position |
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1845 | 1847 | Arnaud Sallabert | ||
1847 | 1859 | Jules Basterreche |
- Abense-de-Haut
From | To | Name | Party | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
1848 | 1848 | André Etchart | ||
1848 | 1852 | Jean Etchecopar dit Etchahoun | ||
1852 | 1859 | Laurent Maytie |
After 1859
- Alos-Sibas-Abense
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 |
Intercommunality
The town is part of six intercommunal structures:[12]
- the community of communes of Soule-Xiberoa
- the union to support Basque culture
- SIVOM of the canton of Tardets
- the municipal association for the gaves of Oloron and Mauleon
- SIVU for Tourism in Haute-Soule and Barétous
- the AEP Union for Soule country
Demography
In 2009 the commune had 274 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]
1793 | 1800 | 1806 | 1821 | 1831 | 1836 | 1841 | 1846 | 1851 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
188 | 212 | 218 | 213 | 223 | 223 | 360 | 354 | 316 |
1856 | 1861 | 1866 | 1872 | 1876 | 1881 | 1886 | 1891 | 1896 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
646 | 565 | 505 | 527 | 523 | 538 | 530 | 536 | 511 |
1901 | 1906 | 1911 | 1921 | 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1946 | 1954 |
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484 | 463 | 453 | 437 | 421 | 415 | 414 | 401 | 352 |
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | - | - |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
368 | 343 | 361 | 316 | 309 | 319 | 274 | - | - |
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Economy
Economic activity is mainly focused on agriculture (livestock and pasture). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone of Ossau-iraty.
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
- Etchandia House, formerly owned by the Etchandy family.
- La Salle d'Abense
Religious heritage
The Church of Abense contains a Processional Cross (15th century)
Environmental heritage
The common practices Controlled burns[14] for prevention of forest fires.
Facilities
The town has an early childhood hub (Child care centre and a creche) and an Ikastola.
See also
External links
- Alos-Sibas-Abense official website (in French)
- Alos-Sibas-Abense personal website (in French)
- ALOZE-ZIBOZE-ONIZEGAINE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
- Alos-Sibas-Abense on Lion1906
- Alos-Sibas-Abense on Google Maps
- Alos-Sibas-Abense on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
- Alos, Sibas, and Abens on the 1750 Cassini Map
- Alos-Sibas-Abense on the INSEE website (in French)
- INSEE (in French)
Notes and references
Notes
- At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- Google Maps
- Géoportail, IGN (in French)
- Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
- Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of Placenames - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
- Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, p. 189-191, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
- Contracts retained by Luntz, Notary of Béarn, in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- Customs of Soule in 1520, printed at Pau in 1760
- Duchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian - Bibliothèque nationale de France
- List of Mayors of France (in French)
- Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 9 November 2011
- Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000028 Processional Cross (in French)
- Alos-Sibas-Abense Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
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