Ainharp ()AINHARBE

Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia Pic d'Anie (Basque Auñamendi) is a mountain of the Pyrenees in France, located close to the Spanish border. It is high. The mountain boasts an almost perfect pyramidal shape and is surrounded by the spectacular karst landscape of. ''Larra'', i ...

is a

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in the

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department in the

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in southwestern

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. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Ainharbars''. or ''Ainharbear''. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, ''Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques'', 2009, Archives and Culture, Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language

Geography

Location

Ainharp is located some 50 km west by southwest of Pau, 15 km southeast of Saint-Palais, and 10 km north-west of Mauleon-Licharre. It is part of the former province of

Soule Soule (Basque: Zuberoa; Zuberoan/ Soule Basque: Xiberoa or Xiberua; Occitan: ''Sola'') is a former viscounty and French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département''. It is divided into two cantons of the arrond ...

Access

The commune can be accessed by road D242 from

Lohitzun-Oyhercq Lohitzun-Oyhercq ()LOHITZÜNE-OIHERGI

in the west passing through the village and continuing southeast to Mauleon-Licharre. The D344 road also goes to the north from the village through the commune then east to Espes-Undurein. The commune terrain is undulating of mixed farmland and forest.Google Maps
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Hydrography

Located in the

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of the Adour, the commune is the source of numerous streams including the Lagardoye which forms part of the south-eastern border, the Quihilleri which forms much of the western border, and the Lafaure which forms much of the northern border.

Localities and hamlets

* Agueberria * Agueberriborda * Aisaguerpia * Aranco * Armagnague * Arranchiaga * Barrechia * Bente * Bidartia * Bidegainia * Bolondo * Bordagaya * Bordalecu * Cabanna * Cacoa * Carricaburu * Carricabuya * Carricart * Chorho * Elhorria * Elhorriberry * Erreguenia * Estecachoury * Etchebarnia * Etchebestemborda * Etchecopar * Garay * Habiague * Intsauspia * Jaigüberria * Larria * Leiciagueçahar * Lohitzun * Mercapidia * Oyhemburia * Oyhenart * Palasiona * Pekeix * Sallaberria * Urruty * Uthuriet Géoportail

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Toponymy

The commune name in

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is ''Ainharbe''. Ainharp Town Square

Jean-Baptiste Orpustan proposed two etymological interpretations: *a meaning of "low heather" from ''ilharr'' meaning " heather" and ''-be'' (from ''behere'' meaning "low") or *"height of the low rocks" from ''gain'' meaning "high" and ''har'' meaning "rock" that indicates the high position of the village on the left bank of the

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. 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 *Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,
'' New Basque Toponymy''
ref name="Orpustan">Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,
''New Basque Toponymy''
Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, p. 224, Origins: *Notaries: Notaries of

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 comm ...

Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques *Ohix:Contracts retained by Ohix, Notary of

*Insinuations: Insinuations of the

Diocese of Oloron The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Oloron was a Latin rite bishopric in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Aquitaine region of south-west France, from the 6th to the 19th century. History The diocese of Oleron already existed in the 6th cen ...

Manuscripts from the 17th century 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 4 of his 1863 dictionary that the commune was a former priory in the

diocese of Oloron The former Roman Catholic Diocese of Oloron was a Latin rite bishopric in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Aquitaine region of south-west France, from the 6th to the 19th century. History The diocese of Oleron already existed in the 6th cen ...

and that there was a hospital for pilgrims.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Ainharp Ainharp Mairie

;Mayors from 1929

Inter-communality

Ainharp is a member of seven intercommunal 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 association to support Basque culture *the intercommunal association of the Valley *the intercommunal association for the construction and operation of the CES of Mauleon *the AEP association for Soule Country *the remediation association for Soule Country *the energy association of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Population

Economy

The activity is mainly agricultural (maize and livestock). The town 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

Religious Heritage

The commune has a church which dates back to the 11th century and a Calvary-Bell Tower from the 17th century. Its cemetery features

Hilarri Hilarri (from Basque ''hil'' 'dead' and ''harri'' 'stone') is the name given to disk-shaped funerary steles that are typical of the Basque Country. These funerary steles present a disc-shaped head facing the rising sun on a trapezoidal sta ...

dating from the time of the bell tower. The village is located on a secondary road of the pilgrimage to Saint Jacques de CompostelaPhilippe Veyrin, ''The Basques'', page 110, Arthaud, 20 December 1975 which passes on the highway to Ports de Cize, the priory of Saint-Palais to Saint-Michel-le-Vieux which had a hospice for pilgrims called ''Benta'' then to L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise, Osserain,

Pagolle Pagolle (; eu, Pagola)PAGOLA

Roquiague, Haux, Larrau, and

Ordiarp Ordiarp (; eu, Urdiñarbe)URDIÑARBE

Facilities

The commune has a primary school.