Armendarits ()ARMENDARITZE

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is a

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in the

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in the

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region of south-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Armendariztar'' in Basque. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, ''Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques'', 2009, Archives and Culture, Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque Language
(Basque)

Geography

Amendarits is located some 12 km south-west of Saint-Palais and some 8 km north-east of

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and is in the former province of

Lower Navarre Lower Navarre ( eu, Nafarroa Beherea/Baxenabarre; Gascon/Bearnese: ''Navarra Baisha''; french: Basse-Navarre ; es, Baja Navarra) is a traditional region of the present-day French ''département'' of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It corresponds to the ...

. Access to the commune is by road D300 from

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Méharin Méharin (; eu, Mehaine)MEHAIRE

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Places and Hamlets

* Aguerréa * Aïntziondoa * Albinoritzéko Borda (2 toponyms) * Albinoritzia * Altchia * Alziéta * Ameztoya * Arbéletchia * Armandegia * Baratchartéa * Barnetchia * Bazterrechia * Behamendy * Béhitia * Bidondoa * Bigégaïnéa * Bistaberry * Bordaberria * Bordaberriko Borda * Bordamaria * Bordécharria * Bourdinateguia * Carrica * Céhabia * Chichabalé * Chimounénéa * Chingolaénéa * Chocohonia * Curutzétako Borda * Donamaria * Donapétria * Donapétriko Borda * Donamaria * Donastéya * Elhina * Elinume * Elizabéhéréko Borda * Elizatchéko Borda * Errékartéa * Etchartéa * Etchebarne * Etchébazterréa * Etchégoïnberria * Etchégoïnberriko Borda * Etchégorria * Etchénika * Etchéparéa * Eyhérabidé * Eyhéraldéa * Eyhéramounoa * Fermindéguia * Ferminéko Borda * Gaïneko-Etchebarnéa * Gaïneko-Meharu * Garatéa * Garatéko Borda * Haramburua * Harizhanditéguia * Hatsandigaraia * Iparréa * Iribarnéa * Irigaraya * Ithurburua * Ithurburuko Borda * Jauregia * Jauréguicharria * Landetxeberri * Larraldéa * Larramendia * Lazalen Borda * Legartoa * Lekunberria * Marihanditéguia * Mehatzia * Mendihilia * Mendiondo * Mendirigaraya * Olhanéko Borda * Olharanéa * Orgalitegia * Ossina * Oyhanburua * Oyhénartéa * Pékoborda * Pochulua * Salla * Sallaberria * Sallaberriko Borda * Sallagoitinéa * Sorhoéta * Sorogaraia or Sorhogaraya * Suhartéko Borda * Teïleria * Uhaldea * Uhartéa * Urrutia * Urritiko Borda * Zedarria Géoportail

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Toponymy

The commune name in

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is ''Armendaritze''. The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune. Sources: *Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan
'' New Basque Toponymy''
ref name="Orpustan">Jean-Baptiste Orpustan
''New Basque Toponymy''
Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, *

Raymond Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

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''Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees''
1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. ''Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees''
Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Origins: *Bayonne:

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or ''Livre d'Or'' (Book of Gold)Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Duchesne: Duchesne collection volume CXIVDuchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian -

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*Chapter: Titles of the Chapter of

Chapter of Bayonne in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 10 of his 1863 dictionary that Armendarits was a former Barony, vassal of the

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Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Inter-communality

Armendarits is part of seven inter-communal structures: * the

Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque The communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque ( eu, Euskal Hirigune Elkargoa), is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Bayonne and Biarritz. It is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques depa ...

; * the AEP association of Arberoue; * the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; * the inter-communal association for school transport and educational grouping of Méharin and Armendarits; * the inter-communal association for development and management of the slaughterhouse at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port; * the joint association Garbiki; * the association to support Basque culture.

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 405 inhabitants.

Economy

Economic activity is mainly agricultural. The commune is part of the

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(AOC) zone of

Ossau-iraty Ossau-Iraty is an Occitan-Basque cheese made from sheep milk. Origin Ossau-Iraty or Esquirrou is produced in south-western France, in the Northern Basque Country and in Béarn. Its name reflects its geographical location, the Ossau Valley in Bé ...

Culture and Heritage

Civil Heritage

Several buildings and sites in the commune are registered as historical monuments: *The Jauregia Manor (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Urrutia Farmhouse (1636)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Uhaldea Farmhouse (1780)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *The Sorogaraia Farmhouse (1602)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée *Houses and Farms (17th-19th century) ;Other sites of interest *A

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fortified place (a ''gaztelu zahar'') at Elhina.

Houses in Armendarits Picture Gallery

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Religious Heritage

*The Parish Church of Saint Peter (17th century). Its cemetery contains many

Hilarri Hilarri (from Basque ''hil'' 'dead' and ''harri'' 'stone') is the name given to disk-shaped funerary steles that are typical of the Basque Country. These funerary steles present a disc-shaped head facing the rising sun on a trapezoidal stand. ...

Hilarri Picture Gallery

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Facilities

Education

The commune has a primary school.

Notable people linked to the commune

*Bernard Renau d'Eliçagaray (Eñaut d'Elizagarai), called ''little Renau'', born in 1652 at Armendarits and died in 1719, was a mathematician, Inspector General of the Navy, in 1689 author of the ''Theory of Operation of Vessels''. He was especially famous for his

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s. The

pastoral A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art, and music (pastorale) that depicts ...

Soule Soule (Basque language, Basque: Zuberoa; Zuberoan/ Soule Basque: Xiberoa or Xiberua; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Sola'') is a former viscounty and France, French Provinces of France, province and part of the present-day Pyrénées-Atlantiques ...

in 2007 (at

Camou-Cihigue Camou-Cihigue (; eu, Gamere-Zihiga)GAMERE-ZIHIGA

) was dedicated to him.

References

External links

Armendarits on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Armendaritz'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{authority control Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Lower Navarre