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Arrast-Larrebieu (; eu, Ürrustoi-Larrebille)ÜRRUSTOI-LARREBILLE
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Arrast-Larrebieu is located in the former province of
Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
department
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in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Urrustoitars''.
Geography
Arrast-Larrebieu is located in the former province of 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 ...
some 12 km east by south-east of Saint-Palais and 10 km north by north-east of Mauléon-Licharre. Access to the commune is by the D243 road which branches off the D11 west of the commune and north of Espès-Undurein
Espès-Undurein ()ESPEIZE-ÜNDÜREINE
Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu in the south-east passes through the south of the commune and the hamlet of Larrebieu. The commune is mainly farmland with many forests scattered throughout the commune.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Laxubie'' rises in the south of the commune and flows north past the village gathering many tributaries and joins the ''Apaure'' north of the commune. Several small streams rise in the west of the commune and flow west to join the Saison.
The commune name in basque today is ''Ürrüstoi-Larrabile'' or ''Ürrustoi-Larrebille''.
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan indicated that the spelling in Basque ''Arrast'' is sometimes given with the determinant ''Ürrüxtoia'' meaning "hazel tree grove". He also stated that ''larrabil'' means a "rounded moor, squat".
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Sources:
* Raymond:''
''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 *Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,
'' New Basque Toponymy''
ref name="Orpustan">Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,
''New Basque Toponymy''
Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, Origins: *Bayonne: Cartulary of
List of Successive Mayors
The Parish Church of Sainte-Lucie (19th century) is registered as an historical monument. It has a bell tower called ''Trinity'' or ''Souletin'' meaning the "top of the wall", pierced by bays for the bells with three roof peaks of approximately equal height, hence the name Trinity. The church contains a Processional Cross (17th century) which is registered as an historical object.Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Arrast-Larrebieu on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Araft'' and ''Larrebien'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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/ref> The ''Laxubie'' rises in the south of the commune and flows north past the village gathering many tributaries and joins the ''Apaure'' north of the commune. Several small streams rise in the west of the commune and flow west to join the Saison.
Places and Hamlets
* Abbadia * Aguelcheberry * Aguerria * Aitzaguer (ruins) * Algalarrondo * Arkabisquey * Arrast * Asconeguy * Behety * Bethulard * Bou * Garatia * Gastelu * Gastelu Arrast * Gasteluchague * Habiague * Heguilus * Hoilly * Ibarbouen * Lacoste * Laplume * Larçabal * Larlette * Larrebieu * Larribet * Mendiondo * Oyhenart * Poutou * Sabalain * Sagardoyburu * Sallaberry * Sunhary * Tine GéoportailIGN
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Toponymy
The commune name in basque today is ''Ürrüstoi-Larrabile'' or ''Ürrustoi-Larrebille''.
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan indicated that the spelling in Basque ''Arrast'' is sometimes given with the determinant ''Ürrüxtoia'' meaning "hazel tree grove". He also stated that ''larrabil'' means a "rounded moor, squat".
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Sources:
* Raymond:''''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 *Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,
'' New Basque Toponymy''
ref name="Orpustan">Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,
''New Basque Toponymy''
Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, Origins: *Bayonne: Cartulary of
Bayonne
Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re ...
or ''Livre d'Or'' (Book of Gold)Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
*Notaries: Notaries of NavarrenxDepartmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
History
Paul Raymond noted on page 11 of his 1863 dictionary that the commune had aLay Abbey
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, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule.
Larrebieu was merged with the commune of Arrast on 16 October 1842.
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Inter-communality
The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures: * the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque; * the Sanitation association of Pays de Soule; * the AEP association of Pays de Soule; * the inter-communal association of la Vallée; * the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; * the inter-communal association for the construction and operation of the CES at Mauleon; * the association to support Basque culture.Demography
In 2017 the commune had 95 inhabitants. The population data given in the table and graph below for 1836 and earlier refer to the former commune of Arrast.Economy
Economic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock and pasture). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone designation ofOssau-iraty
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Origin
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.
Culture and Heritage
Civil heritage
An enclosure with an earthen parapet (a protohistoric fort or ''Gaztelu zahar'') at an altitude of 282 metres at a place called Gazteluxaga reflects the ancient past of the commune.Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Sainte-Lucie (19th century) is registered as an historical monument. It has a bell tower called ''Trinity'' or ''Souletin'' meaning the "top of the wall", pierced by bays for the bells with three roof peaks of approximately equal height, hence the name Trinity. The church contains a Processional Cross (17th century) which is registered as an historical object.Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Notable people linked to the commune
* Abbadie d'Arrast Family, initially lay abbots whose descendants originated the construction of various chateaux (theChâteau d'Abbadie
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at Hendaye, Elorriaga at Ciboure).
*Jean-Louis Davant, born in 1935 in Arrast-Larrebieu, is a writer, poet, bertsolari, pastoralari, and academician.
See also
* Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departmentReferences
External links
Arrast-Larrebieu on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Araft'' and ''Larrebien'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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