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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 France. It is part of the former

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province of

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Bardoztars.

Geography

Bardos is located some 15 km east 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 ...

just south of Guiche. The north-eastern tip of the commune is also the departmental border between

and

Landes ''Landes'', or ''Lanas'' in Gascon, means moorland or heath. ''Landes'' and ''Lanas'' come from the Latin ''plānus'' meaning “‘flat, even, level, plain’”. They are therefore cognate with the English plain (and plane), the Spanish word '' ...

. Access to the commune is by the D936 road from

Briscous Briscous (; eu, BeskoitzeBeskoitze
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in the west which passes through the heart of the commune and the town and continues east to

Bidache Bidache (; ; )BIDAXUNE

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La Bastide-Clairence La Bastide-Clairence (; ) 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 ''Bastidots'' or ''Bastidotes''. The village is a member of the ...

. The

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(E80) passes through the north of the commune with the nearest exit being Exit which exits to the D936 just 1 km to the west of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with scattered forested areas particularly on the slopes. The town is served by the interurban network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (Transports 64) by route 811 to

and

Tardets-Sorholus Tardets-Sorholus (; eu, Atharratze-Sorholüze)ATHARRATZE-SORHOLÜZE

. There is a dense network of streams across the whole commune. The north-eastern tip of the commune has the

Bidouze The Bidouze is a left tributary of the Adour, in the French Basque Country (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France. It is long. Geography The Bidouze rises at the base of ''Eltzarreko Ordokia'' in the Arbailles massif. It drains ...

as the communal and the departmental border. The ''Ruisseau d'Ermou'' flows through the commune and joins the Bidouze at the north-eastern tip of the commune. The ''Ruisseau du Termi'' forms much of the northern border as it flows north-west to join the

Adour The Adour (; eu, Aturri; oc, Ador) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. i ...

north of the commune. Numerous other streams rise in the commune and flow north to the Adour. The ''Lihoury'' river forms part of the south-eastern border of the commune as it flows north, fed by the Laharanne, and joins the Bidouze east of

Bidache Bidache (; ; )BIDAXUNE

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forms most of the western border of the commune as it flows north then turns west to join the Adour. Numerous streams flow in the heart of the commune including the ''Ruisseau d'Artigue'', the ''Ithurriague'', and the ''Bardolle''.

Geology and terrain

The area of the commune is 4,253

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s with a maximum altitude of 186 m on the Miremont hill which is the location of an old 14th century mansion as well as a water tower built on a panoramic viewpoint overlooking the Adour valley.

Climate

The climate of Bardos, some twenty kilometres from the Basque coast, is relatively similar to that of

Biarritz Biarritz ( , , , ; Basque also ; oc, Biàrritz ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Spain. ...

with fairly heavy rainfall: the oceanic climate due to its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. The average winter temperature is around 8 °C and around 20 °C in summer. The lowest temperature recorded was -12.7 °C on 16 January 1985 and the highest 40.6 °C on 4 August 2003. Rain on the Basque coast is rarely persistent except during winter storms. It often takes the form of intense thunderstorms of short duration.

Places and hamlets

On the Napoleonic Cadastral Map of 1818 the commune was divided into four sections: *Section A, Lassarrade *Section B, Legarre *Section C, Lerine *Section D, Ibar Today, although the division into districts is not precise, there are seven districts: *Arbinoritz *le Bourg *Ibarre *Lambert *Lassarrade *Miremont *les Tisserands

Town planning

Housing

In 2011 the total number of dwellings in the commune was 716, down from 611 in 2006. INSEE
Lodgings Data
see T2 and T7 Of these dwellings, 87% were primary residences, 6.6% were second homes, and 6.3% were occasional homes or vacant units. 69.4% of these dwellings were detached houses and 29.6% were apartments. The proportion of principle residences owned by their occupants was 74%. The percentage of empty rental public housing was 1.3%.

Toponymy

The commune name in

is ''Bardoze''Euskaltzaindia – Academy of the Basque language
and its name in

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gascon dialect Gascon (; , ) is the name of the vernacular Romance variety spoken mainly in the region of Gascony, France. It is often considered a variety of Occitan, although some authors consider it a different language.Cf. Rohlfs, Gerhard. 1970. ''Le Gas ...

is ''Bardòs''. The name consists of the root ''bard-'' or ''bart-'' which designates the low terrain and clay soils along the river edges (''barthe'' is from the

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anthroponym Anthroponymy (also anthroponymics or anthroponomastics, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ''anthrōpos'' / 'human', and ὄνομα ''onoma'' / 'name') is the study of ''anthroponyms'', the proper names of human beings, both individual and co ...

''bardus'') plus the Basque-Aquitaine suffix ''-os''. Jean-Baptiste Orpustan proposes the meaning "place of abundant clay soil". The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune. Sources: *

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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 *Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,
'' New Basque Toponymy''
p. 21Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,
''New Basque Toponymy''
Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, p. 21, *Lhande: Basque-French Dictionary

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, ''Basque-French Dictionary'', 1926 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 *Collations: Collations of the

Diocese of Bayonne The Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron, commonly Diocese of Bayonne, (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis''; French language, French: ''Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron''; Basque language, Basque: ''Baionako, Leskar ...

Manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Bardos: Titles of BardosTitles of the commune of Bardos *Navarre: Titles of the

Kingdom of Navarre The Kingdom of Navarre (; , , , ), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona (), was a Basque kingdom that occupied lands on both sides of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France. The medieval state took ...

Titles of the Kingdom of Navarre in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Bardos appears as ''Bardos'' on the 1750

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and the same on the 1790 version.

History

Bardos has a

Paleolithic The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone too ...

site. The parish of Bardos has been mentioned since 1072 and the barony of Bardos was created in 1320.Bardos, Ekaina, 1992, p. 15 The commune was incorporated into the Duchy of Gramont in 1643. The parish of Bardos was admitted to the Biltzar of

in 1763 and became a commune in 1790. Originally it was the capital of a canton including the communes of Bardos and Guiche and depended on the district of

Ustaritz Ustaritz (; eu, Uztaritze) is a town in the traditional Basque province of Labourd, now a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, southwestern France. It is located on the river Nive some inland from Bayonne. Ustaritz station has rai ...

. The relationship of Bardos with Labourd had some unusual features (shared with the neighbouring villages of Guiche and

Urt Urt (; ; )AHURTI

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the three parishes did not dependent judicially on the judicial institutions of Labourd but on the

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of Came. Although they had ceased to participate in the work of the Labourd Biltzar, they are allowed back into meetings in 1763 to contribute to the work of the Biltzar. According to Anne Zink these events had little meaning: even before this assignment, the three parishes were fiscally labourdine and it was the customs of the province of Labourd that governed their civil law. From 1770 to 1771 the overall trustee of the Biltzar was Pierre Damestoy from Bardos, notary of the house of Etxebeheiti.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive

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;

from 1919

Judicial and administrative proceedings

Bardos falls within the area of the ''

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'' (District court) of Bayonne, the ''Tribunal de grande instance'' (High Court) of Bayonne, the ''Cour d'appel'' (

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) of Pau, the ''Tribunal pour enfants'' (

Juvenile court A juvenile court, also known as young offender's court or children's court, is a tribunal having special authority to pass judgements for crimes that are committed by children who have not attained the age of majority. In most modern legal s ...

) of Bayonne, the ''

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'' (Labour Court) of Bayonne, the ''

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'' (Commercial Court) of Bayonne, the ''Tribunal administratif'' (Administrative tribunal) of Pau, and the ''Cour administrative d'appel'' (Administrative Court of Appeal) of

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

Inter-communality

The town belongs to nine 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 for the Bidache region; *the sanitation association of Adour-Ursuia; *the energy association for Pyrénées-Atlantiques; *the inter-communal association to protect the banks of the Adour and its tributaries (SIPBAMA) *the inter-communal association for the industrial area of Ayherre; *the inter-communal association for the support of Basque culture; *the Joint association for the Berriak Erreka; *the association for the Z.A. Etxecolu industrial area at Bardos. Bardos was not part of any community of communes until 1 January 2010 when it joined the community of communes of Pays de Bidache.Bardos rejoins the Community of Bidache
, Le Journal du Pays Basque, 27 January 2010 Bardos is the headquarters of the Joint association for the Berriak Erreka and also for the union for the association for the Z.A. Etxecolu industrial area.

Environmental policy

"Environment and Waste" policy is under inter-communal jurisdiction with household waste collection and sorting for the commune being provided by the Community of communes of Pays de Bidache. The treatment of the waste is then managed by the Bil Ta Garbi joint association.

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 1,828 inhabitants.

Economy

Until the 19th century Bardos was renowned for its

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activity. The commune is part of the

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(AOC) zone designation 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 ...

. There are two industrial estates: Etxekolu and Saint-Martin. The ''EKI'' Basque brewery is located in Bardos.

Household incomes and taxation

In 2011 the median household income tax was €32,753, placing Bardos at 11,125th place among the 31,886 communes with more than 49 households in metropolitan France.

Tourism

The tourist office of Pays de Bidache covers all seven communes of the community to which Bardos belongs. It is located in

Bidache Bidache (; ; )BIDAXUNE

Sports

The various sports clubs and associations in the village have several facilities available: *a Fronton *a trinquete with a wall on the left for

Basque pelota Basque pelota (Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronton ...

*two tennis courts *a rugby stadium In 2011 a building was built next to the sports field for sports like weightlifting and with a dance hall: ''Erdizka''. In 2012 a bowling alley has started near Erdizka. There are several sports associations in the commune which allow residents regular exercise and sports:

clay pigeon shooting Clay pigeon shooting, also known as clay target shooting, is a shooting sport involving shooting a firearm at special flying targets known as clay pigeons, or clay targets. The terminology commonly used by clay shooters often relates to time ...

gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

, fitness,

hiking Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A Histor ...

, walking,

rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Rugby union: 1 ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

, and

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Media

There is no local media specific to Bardos except for Bardos-Info, a Municipal Bulletin published by the mayor with various articles from local associations. There are three TV networks available in the commune: * Euskal Telebista (

Basque government The Basque Government ( eu, Eusko Jaurlaritza, es, Gobierno Vasco) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of the Basque government is known as the ''Lehendakari''. The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque P ...

channel covering all of Basque Country) *

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Euskal Herri (a local branch of the national media) *TVPI (a local channel covering the Basque Country, Landes and Béarn) News about the village is relayed to the press by local correspondents for three newspapers: *Herria (weekly newspaper in Basque) *La Semaine du Pays Basque (The Week in Basque Country) (weekly newspaper in French) *Sud Ouest Pays basque (South West Basque Country) (a daily newspaper in French).

Worship

Bardos is in the parish of ''Notre Dame du Chemin de Saint-Jacques'' (Our Lady of the Way of Saint-James) in the

diocese of Bayonne The Diocese of Bayonne, Lescar, and Oloron, commonly Diocese of Bayonne, (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baionensis, Lascurrensis et Oloronensis''; French language, French: ''Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron''; Basque language, Basque: ''Baionako, Leskar ...

which depends on the Church of the Assumption. The communal cemetery is located along the D936. It was once located around the church and was moved to this location in May 1861.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments: *The Chateau de Miremont (15th century). The Chateau is at 188 metres above sea level and offers panoramic views of the River Adour, Landes and the Pyrenees. *Houses and Farms (16th-20th century) *The Chateau de Salha (1655) *The Ermont Mill (15th century) ;Other sites of interest *A ''Gaztelu zahar'' (prehistoric fortified mound) was used as a Napoleonic

redoubt A redoubt (historically redout) is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on earthworks, although some are constructed of stone or brick. It is meant to protect soldi ...

(stone parapets).

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (19th century). It is located at the highest point in the village at 128 metres above sea level. The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: *A Monumental Cross: Christ on the Cross (17th century) *A Monumental Painting (19th century) *The Furniture in the Church *The entire decor in the choir (4 Columns and a corniche) (19th century) *A

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(19th century) *4 Altar Candlesticks (19th century) *4 Statues: Saints Peter and John, Sacred Heart, Virgin and child (19th century) *A Pulpit Cross (18th century) *A

Pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, access ...

(17th century) *A

Confessional A confessional is a box, cabinet, booth, or stall in which the priest in some Christian churches sits to hear the confessions of penitents. It is the usual venue for the sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church and the Lutheran Churches, but sim ...

(19th century) *A set of 2 Confessionals (19th century) *The Virgin

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Retable A retable is a structure or element placed either on or immediately behind and above the altar or communion table of a church. At the minimum it may be a simple shelf for candles behind an altar, but it can also be a large and elaborate structur ...

, Altar painting,

Tabernacle According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle ( he, מִשְׁכַּן, mīškān, residence, dwelling place), also known as the Tent of the Congregation ( he, link=no, אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, ’ōhel mō‘ēḏ, also Tent of Meeting, etc.), ...

, and statue (19th century) *The Saint Joseph

, Altar painting,

, and statue (19th century) *4 Altar Candlesticks (19th century) *An Altarpiece on the Retable of the main Altar (19th century) *The main Altar seating, Retable, and Tabernacle (19th century) *The main Altar (19th century)

Cultural Heritage

;Language According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces by Prince

Louis Lucien Bonaparte Louis Lucien Bonaparte (4 January 1813 – 3 November 1891) was a French philologist. The third son of Napoleon's second surviving brother, Lucien Bonaparte, he spent much of his life outside France for political reasons. After a brief politica ...

dating from 1863, the dialect spoken in Bardos is eastern Low Navarrese. The village had its own dialect known as the ''dialect of Bardos'' which is also spoken on the neighbouring commune of

Orègue Orègue (; eu, Oragarre)ORAGARRE
Basque people The Basques ( or ; eu, euskaldunak ; es, vascos ; french: basques ) are a Southwestern European ethnic group, characterised by the Basque language, a common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians. Ba ...

were the majority, Gascon was once spoken by a significant part of the population, often more than

. ;Sayings and proverbs A local Basque saying:
''Que bas entau Bidache ? Pot de grache.''
''Que bas entau Bardos ? Chuque aquét os.''
''A Bardos que minjà la carne e que dachen lous os.'' meaning: You go to Bidache? Pot of fat.
You go to Bardos? Suck the bone.
In Bardos, eat the meat and leave the bone. ;Nicknames The people of Bardos, who are known as ''bardoztar'' have, like most of their neighbours, funny nicknames in Basque and in Gascon: *"Xarnegu arraza" (in Basque: "mixed race") *"Los sents" (in Gascon: "the saints")

Environmental heritage

Two

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areas are partially within the territory of the commune: *the

river (also called Joyeuse) *the

river. In addition there are three

Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique A Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (Natural zone of ecological interest, fauna and flora), abbreviated as ZNIEFF, is a type of natural environment recognized by France. The inventory of a ZNIEFF area is an invent ...

(Natural areas of ecological interest, flora and fauna) (ZNIEFF) which are fully or partially located on the territory of the commune: *the Landes of Arberoue; *the Hydrographic Network of the Bidouze and Arberoue *the Joyeuse Valley

Cultural events and festivities

The premier event of the year in the commune is the Carnaval Labourdin (Labourdin Carnival) that spans three weekends and includes visits to houses in the districts by day and festive evenings on the town square. It is organized by the ''Foyer de Bardos'', a local cultural association. The Xarnegu Eguna festival that mixes Basque and Gascon cultures is also organized by the association of the same name every year around 1 May. For over 30 years the ''Foyer de Bardos'' has organised an exhibition of contemporary art in order to diversify the cultural offering in rural areas. It takes place every summer between 15 June and 15 July. The festivals are organized in Bardos by the ''Comité des Fêtes de Bardos'' (Festival Committee of Bardos) every summer around 15 August. The committee includes a large part of the villagers.Festival Committee of Bardos website

Notable people linked to the commune

*Salvat Diharce (?-1601), born in Bardos, tenured priest in the Abbey of Arthous (at

Hastingues Hastingues (; oc, Hastings, eu, Hastinga) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Its nickname, due to its location on a rounded-shaped hill, is Lou Carcolh (the snail). Geography The town lies on ...

), Bishop of

Tarbes Tarbes (; Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as ''Turba'' ...

*Dominique de Lissabe Navy and

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captain *Salvat Monho, Basque language writer *Valentin de Salha (17 January 1758 – 14 April 1841), born at Bardos, Knight of Salha, Captain and Major-General of Division *Juan Martin Hiribarren (8 May 1810 – 26 November 1866), priest at Bardos, Basque language writer *Jean-Pierre Duvoisin (16 May 1810 – 30 January 1891), Captain of Customs and Basque language writer *Michel Labéguerie (4 March 1921 – 28 July 1980), family from Bardos, democrat-Christian politician,

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*André Dassary (10 September 1912 – 7 July 1987), popular French singer *Killers, a heavy metal French musical group from Bardos ;Notable people Picture Gallery File:Juan Martin Hiribarren (1810-1866).jpg, Juan Martin Hiribarren File:Jean-Pierre Duvoisin (1810-1891).jpg, Jean-Pierre Duvoisin File:Mixel Labegerie.jpg, Michel Labéguerie File:André Dassary Biarrizko erakusketan 09-12 I.jpg, André Dassary

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