Arbouet-Sussaute ()ARBOTI-ZOHOTA

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is a

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in the

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department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the

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of south-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arbotiar''.

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, ''Dictionary of placenames - Pyrénées-Atlantiques'', 2009, Archives and Culture,

Geography

Arbouet-Sussaute is located 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 ...

some 30 km south-east of

Peyrehorade Peyrehorade (; oc, Pèirahorada) is a commune in the Landes department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Peyrehorade station has rail connections to Bayonne, Pau and Tarbes. Population See also *Communes of the Landes department ...

and 5 km north-east of Saint-Palais. The D933 road from Saint-Palais in the south-west passes north through the western part of the commune and continues to

Osserain-Rivareyte Osserain-Rivareyte ()OZARAINE-ERRIBAREITA

. Access to the village is by the D134 road from the D29 in the north passing south through the village and the commune and continuing south to join the D11 just west of

Domezain-Berraute Domezain-Berraute ()DOMINTXAINE-BERROETA

. The intercity bus network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques currently has a stop on its route 865 which goes from Saint-Palais to

Orthez Orthez (; eu, Ortheze; oc, Ortès, ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, and region of New Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies 40 km NW of Pau on the Southern railway to Bayonne. The town also encompasses the sma ...

. There is also the hamlet of Sussaute to the south-east of the village. A disused line of railway passes from the north to the south-west through the commune.Google Maps
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of 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 ...

, the commune is traversed 3 by tributaries of 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 ...

: the ''Ruisseau de Récalde'' and the ''Lauhirasse'' and its tributary the ''Berd''.

Historical places and hamlets

* Achtokotcho * Ahutchunia * Alguria * Amensteya * Arbouet * Arosteguy * Arracouenia * Arracumbeheria * Arrain * Beheity * Bel Air * Bellaix * Berhamborda * Bidetoua * Bordagnia * Celhay * Chapar * Church of Sussaute * Copaenia * Elgart * Etchart * Gallos * Hachgarat * Harambure * Idiartia * Iratchetoa * Joanconia * Lacounia * Landutchia * Larramendy * Laugueroteguia * Léchénia * Lessaho * Mendibure * Mendiscoua * Mendiskoborda * Mitchot * Ochaharretta * Orania * Oxobiçale * Pochulia * Putchetenia * Salanbeheria * Sallaberry * Saspithurry * Sussaute * Urchamendy

Toponymy

The commune name in

basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

is ''Arboti-Zohota''. According to Jean-Baptiste Orpustan ''Arboti'' is the spelling preserved in

but the meaning is uncertain. If it is from the Latin (borrowed from ''arbor(e)''), the name may signify a ''wooded place''. For ''Zohota'' (Sussaute) he suggests a basque origin of ''zozoeta'' meaning "Place of blackbirds". The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune. Sources: *Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpusta
''New Basque Toponymy''
p. 66-67 ''New Basque Toponymy''
Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, p. 66-67 *

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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 *Cassini:

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from 1750Cassini Map 1750 – Arbouet-Sussaute
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Labastide-Villefranche Labastide-Villefranche (; eu, Bastidaxarre; oc, La Bastida) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. See also *Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department The following is a list of the 546 Commun ...

Notaries of

in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Biscay: Martin Biscay *Navarrenx: Notaries of

Navarrenx Navarrenx (; oc, Navarrencs, ; eu, Nabarrengose, eu, label=Zuberoan, Nabarrenkoxe) is a town and commune in the French department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ( Béarn) and the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The demonym is Navarre. Since 2014, the ...

Notaries of

in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Pamplona: Titles of

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Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda *Mixe: Titles of MixeTitles of Mixe in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

History

The village of Sussaute was joined with Arbouet on 14 June 1842.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Inter-communality

The commune is part of six 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 Mixe Country; *the Education regrouping association of Arbérats-Sillègue, Arbouet-Sussaute, Aroue, and Etcharry; *the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; *the inter-communal association for the functioning of schools in Amikuze; *the association for the promotion of Basque culture.

Demography

In 1350 there were 11

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in Sussaute.Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, Collective work, ''Amikuze - the Mixe Country'', Éditions Izpegi, 1992, , page 77 The fiscal census of 1412–1413, made on the orders of

Charles III of Navarre Charles III (1361 – 8 September 1425), called the Noble, was King of Navarre from 1387 to his death and Count of Évreux from 1387 to 1404, when he exchanged it for the title Duke of Nemours. He spent his reign improving the infrastructure of h ...

, compared with the census ''of men and weapons that are in this Kingdom of Navarre below the ports'' in 1551 reveals a demography with strong growth. The first indicated the presence in Arbouet of 12 fires, the second with 31 (24 + 7 secondary fires). Similarly in Sussaute, the census of 1412-1413 had 7 fires while that of 1551 had 23 (19 + 4 side lights). The census of the population of

in 1695 counted 52 fires in Arbouet and 50 in Sussaute. In 2017 the commune had 322 inhabitants. The population data given in the table and graph below include the former commune of Sussaute, absorbed in 1842.

Economy

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

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist (1860) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Arbotiko eliza frontoitik (Naf B, EH).jpg, The church front Arboti (Naf B, EH).jpg, The Church Steeple Arbotiko elizako dorrea (Naf B, EH).jpg, The Church Steeple and War Memorial

Amenities

Education

The town has a kindergarten.

Picture Gallery

Zubia Arbotin lubakiaren gainean (Naf B, EH).jpg, D134 road bridge over the old railway cutting Gurutzea Arbotin (Naf B, EH).jpg, A cross near the railway cutting Zubia Donapaleu-Pujòu trenbidean (Naf B, EH).jpg, Old railway bridge near the D134 road Arboti-Zohotako Herriko Etxea (Naf B, EH).jpg, Town Hall Zubia trenbidearen gainean Arbotin (Naf B, EH).jpg, Towards Sussaute in the distance Arbotiko frontoia (Naf B, EH).jpg, The Fronton Arbotiko sarrera (Naf B, EH).jpg, Entrance to Arbouet Arbotiko lubakia III (Naf B, EH).jpg, Old railway cutting Arbotiko lubakia (Naf B, EH).jpg, Old railway cutting

References

External links

''Arboüet'' and ''Sußaute'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
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