Armendarits

Armendarits ()ARMENDARITZE
Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia 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 ''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 Irissarry and is in the former province of Lower Navarre. Access to the commune is by road D300 from Iholdy in the south to the village. The D8 going east from Iholdy also passes through the southern part of the commune. The D245 from Hélette in the west passes through the commune and the village and continues north to join the D14 just south-east of Méharin. There is also the D408 which links the village to the D8 road inside the commune. Apart from a few patches of forest the commune is entirely farmland.Google Maps
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Numerous streams rise in the commune: the Erreka Handia and its tributaries flows north past the village, the Iharte also flows north to the east of the village, and the Ossinako Erreka forms part of the south-western border as it flows south.

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 Basque 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:''
''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: Cartulary of Bayonne 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 - Bibliothèque nationale de France
*Chapter: Titles of the Chapter of BayonneChapter 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 Kingdom of Navarre.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Inter-communality

Armendarits is part of seven inter-communal structures:
* the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque;
* 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 Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

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

Houses in Armendarits Picture Gallery

File:Armentdarits Linteau7.jpg, Sculpted Lintel
File:Armentdarits Pierre Sculptée1.jpg, A sculpted breezeblock
File:Armentdarits Maison5.jpg, A Lower Navarre House
File:Armentdarits Maison4.jpg, A Lower Navarre House
File:Armentdarits Maison3.jpg, A Lower Navarre House
File:2007 09 02 Armentdarits (23).jpg, A window on a Lower Navarre house
File:IesusMariaIosep.jpg, An Atalburu

Religious Heritage

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

Hilarri Picture Gallery

File:Armentdarits Stèle1.jpg
File:Armentdarits Stèle2.jpg
File:Armentdarits Stèle3.jpg

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 Bomb vessels. The pastoral of Soule in 2007 (at Camou-Cihigue) was dedicated to him.

See also

* Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

External links

Armendarits on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Armendaritz'' on the 1750 Cassini Map

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Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Lower Navarre