Amorots-Succos () is a
commune in the
Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
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in the
Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern
France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Amoroztar'' in
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, ''Dictionary of placenames - Pyrénées-Atlantiques'', 2009, Archives and Culture,
Geography
Amorots-Succos is located some 50 km east by south-east of
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and 10 km north-west of
Saint-Palais in the
former Basque province of
Lower Navarre. It can be accessed by the D123 road from
Beguios in the east passing west through the village and the commune and continuing to
La Bastide-Clairence
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The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Bastidots'' or ''Bastidotes''.
The village is a member of the ...
. The D14 from
Meharin to
Garris also passes through the southern tip of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with no other villages or hamlets.
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Hydrography
Numerous streams rise and flow through the commune including the Ruisseau d'Isaac Berds which forms part of the western border and flows to the Laharanne which eventually joins the Lihoury far to the north, the Jelesseko Erika forming the south-eastern border, the Ruisseau de Cherrits in the south, the Ruisseau d'Otherguy, and many other unnamed streams.[
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Places and Hamlets
*Aguerréa
*Ameztoya (ruins)
*Amiasorhoa
*Ansobieta
*Apatia
*Apetchéko Borda
*Arangoïza
*Arangoïzgaraya
*Arrabichta
*Berdeko Borda
*Berhuéta
*Bertrahandy
*Bibens
*Bidamberrita
*Bidegain-de-Gain
*Bidegain-de-Pé
*Biscayluzia
*Bordaberria
*Cachantéguy
*Carricaburua
*Chastriaborda (ruins)
*Culuteguia
*Damassia
*Ehulondoa
*Errékaldéa
*Errékartéa
*Etchebérria
*Etcheverria
*Etorania
*Garatéa
*Garateko Borda
*Haranéa
*Ichobox
*Ichorotzia
*Idiartia
*Iratzéburia
*Isaac-Borda
*Jauberria
*Jelosséa
*Joanteguia
*Kakila
*Kurku
*Larraldéa (2 places)
*Larréa
*Lascouéta
*Laurenzenia
*Legarria
*Miscoria
*Olha
*Olhakoborda
*Olharanne
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Toponymy
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proposed a forest origin for Amorots meaning "the land of oaks". ''Succos'' derives from the Basque ''zoko'' meaning "isolated country".[Pierre Lhande, ''Basque-French Dictionary, Labourdin, Lower Navarrese, and Souletin'', Beauschène, Paris, 1926 ] indicated the spelling ''Sokueze'' for Succos.
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:
*Chapter: Chapter of Soule
Soule (Basque language, Basque: Zuberoa; Zuberoan/ Soule Basque: Xiberoa or Xiberua; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Sola'') is a former viscounty and France, French Provinces of France, province and part of the present-day Pyrénées-Atlantiques ...
[Chapter of Soule in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ]
*Pamplona: Titles of Pamplona[Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda ]
*Irissarry: Regulations of the Commandry of Irissarry[Titles of the Commandry of Irissarry in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques]
History
The village of Succos was united with Amorots on 16 August 1841.[
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Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Inter-Communality
The commune belongs to six inter-communal associations:
*The Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
*the AEP Association of Mixe Country
*the Energy Association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
*the inter-communal association for the operation of schools in Amikuze
*the Association to promote Basque culture
*the educational grouping association for Amorots-Succos, Arraute-Charritte
Arraute-Charritte (; eu, Arrueta-Sarrikota)[ARRUETA-SARRIKOTA]
Béguios
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, Masparraute, and Orègue
Demography
In 1350 there were 5 fires at Amorots and 10 at Succos.[Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, Collective work, ''Amikuze - the Mixe Country'', Éditions Izpegi, 1992, , p. 77 ]
The fiscal census of 1412-1413 carried out on the orders of Charles III of Navarre compared to the census of 1551 ''of men and arms that are present in the Kingdom of Navarre on this side of the ports'' revealed a population in high growth. The first census showed 4 fires at Amorots while the second showed 13 (12 + 1 secondary fire). The same at Succos: the first census showed 5 fires and the second 19 (16 + 3 secondary fires).
The census of the population of Lower Navarre in 1695 counted 40 fires at Amorots and 32 at Succos. The total at the 1758 census was 74 fires at Amorots.
In 2017 the commune had 232 inhabitants.
From 1793 to 1836 the population above was only for Amorots which was separate from Succos. The population for Succos for that period is shown below:
Economy
The commune forms part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty
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Culture and Heritage
Languages
According to the ''Map of the Seven Basque Provinces'' published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte the dialect of Basque spoken in Amendeuix-Oneix is eastern low Navarrese.
Religious Heritage
Two religious sites in the commune are registered as historical monuments:
*The Church of Saint-Martin of Succos, Cemetery, and old Guardhouse (12th century), The cemetery wall serves as a fronton.
*The Parish Church of Saint Luce (1880)[Ministry of Culture, Mérimée ] at Amorots.
Picture Gallery
File:Amorots-Succos maison.jpg, A farm at Amorots
File:Amorots-Succos église benoîterie.jpg, The church at Succos with, at left foreground, the Basque cemetery and its Fronton
File:Amorots-Succos église fronton.jpg, The Saint Luce Church at Amorots and its fronton
File:Fronton Succos.JPG, A fronton at Succos
File:Amorots-Succos stèle (3).jpg, A Hilarri with a cross at Succos
File:Amorots-Succos stèle (1).jpg, Hilarri at Amorots
File:Amorots-Succos stèle (7).jpg, Hilarri at the Succos cemetery
File:Amorots-Succos stèle (4).jpg, Hilarri at Succos
File:Amorots-Succos stèle (9).jpg, Basque hilarri at Succos
Facilities
;Education
:Amorots-Succos, Masparraute, Orègue, Béguios
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