Auterrive is a

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in the

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department in the

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region of south-western

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Auterriverains'' or ''Auterriveraines''.

Geography

Auterrive is located some 14 km south-east of

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and 7 km west of

Salies-de-Béarn Salies-de-Béarn (, literally ''Salies of Béarn''; oc, Salias) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. The name comes from its naturally occurring saline water ( Gascon ''salias'' for Standard Occitan ...

. Access to the commune is by the D29 road from Carresse-Cassaber in the north which passes just west of the village and continues south-west to Labastide-Villefranche. Access to the village is by local roads connecting to the D29. The D28 road goes south from Saint-Dos through the west of the commune and continues to Escos in the south. The D277 goes from the D29 just west to the village west to Saint-Dos. Apart from forest along the river bank and some small forests in the west of the commune the land is all farmland.Google Maps
/ref> Auterrive is a Gascon village, which fully depended on Dax and is nowhere mentioned as Bearnais. Paul Raymond reported a record from 1675 when the village was referred to as ''Autarrive en France''. Pierre-Tucoo Chala indicated a peculiarity concerning Carresse-Cassaber: the Auterrive bridge is not on the border but Gascony had a bridgehead on the right bank of the

Gave d'Oloron The Gave d'Oloron is a river of south-western France near the border with Spain. It takes its name from the city Oloron-Sainte-Marie, where it is formed from the rivers Gave d'Aspe and Gave d'Ossau. It joins the Gave de Pau in Peyrehorade to fo ...

on what is now the territory of the Béarnais village of Carresse. This area did not touch the river at the bridge and purists could say that the béarnais commune of today has incorporated a few hectares of Gascon land. The commune is in the

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of the Adour. The area east of the village is an island enclosed by a loop of the

and a stream which crosses the loop (although the Gave d'Oloron is not the border of the commune).

Places and hamlets

* Boucau * Le Désert * Dumirail * Durancou * Labarthe * Lahosse * Larribère (Mill) * Maysonnave * Minoterie * Noutary * Terrenabe Géoportail
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Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is ''Autarriba''. For Michel Grosclaude the origin of the name is unquestionably Gascon, ''auta arriba'' from the

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''alta ripa'' meaning "high river". The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune. Sources: *

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 *Grosclaude: ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', 2006 Michel Grosclaude, ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, *Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750Cassini Map 1750 - Asson
/ref> Origins: *Bayonne:

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of Bayonne or ''Livre d'Or'' (Book of Gold)Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Came: Titles of

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Titles of

in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Notaries: Notaries of Labastide-VillefrancheNotaries of Labastide-Villefranche in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 17 of his 1863 dictionary that Auterrive depended on the sub-delegation of Dax.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

Inter-communality

The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures: * the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves; * the SIGOM; * the SIVU of five villages; * the SIVU for educational regrouping of Léren, Saint-Pé-de-Léren, Saint-Dos et Auterrive; * the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; * the inter-communal association for the management of drinking water from the Saleys and its Gaves; * the inter-communal association for Gaves and the Saleys;

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 130 inhabitants.

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 B ...

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

*At the foot of the Gave there is the Barry fortress which was an observation and border post between Navarre, Béarn, and Gascony. This small enclosure had a garrison of three soldiers until 1682. The currently existing ruins, although based on much older foundations, seem to date back to the Hundred Years War when Auterrive was occupied by the English and attached to the Seneschal of Hastings. *The Maisonnabe House in the Mirails district dates to 1661; *The Pouey House is an old manor house of justice *The Hau House is a former dependency of the Abbey of Sorde. There is a small enamelled plate which says "June 1875" that recalls the flood which swept away the village bridge killing two people in that year.

Religious heritage

*The Church dates from the 16th century. *There are several Calvaries including a cross of Saint-Michel which formerly marked the boundaries of the Abbey of Sorde. *There was a Chapel in the Mirails district which was recently destroyed.

Environmental heritage

*Lake Dumirail is south-west of the commune.

Amenities

There is a holiday and leisure centre at Auterrive (''Les Francas'').

Notable people linked to the commune

*The Marquise de Montehermoso (1784 to 1869), born Countess Maria-Pilar d'Acedo, Countess of Echauz, widow of the Marquis of the same name and mistress of

Joseph Bonaparte it, Giuseppe-Napoleone Buonaparte es, José Napoleón Bonaparte , house = Bonaparte , father = Carlo Buonaparte , mother = Letizia Ramolino , birth_date = 7 January 1768 , birth_place = Corte, Corsica, Republic of ...

, King of Spain, married in the village to Amédée of Carabène, the holder of numerous French and foreign decorations, future general counsel and senior officer of the Napoleonic campaigns. She was also the owner of Barry, the fortified site in the village.Alexis Ichas, ''Madame de Montehermoso'', Atlantica-Séguier, 2001,