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Arhansus (; )ARHANTSUSI
Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
/ref> or ''Arhantsusitar''.
Arhansus is located in the former basque province of Lower Navarre some 10 km south of Saint-Palais and 8 km north-east of
Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques
department
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* 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 Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Arhantsusiar''Brigitte Jobbé-Duval
Brigitte Jobbé-Duval is a French historian and linguist
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects ...
, ''Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques'', 2009, Archives and Culture, Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language/ref> or ''Arhantsusitar''.
Geography
Arhansus is located in the former basque province of Lower Navarre some 10 km south of Saint-Palais and 8 km north-east of Larceveau-Arros-Cibits
Larceveau-Arros-Cibits ()LARZABALE-ARROZE-ZIBITZE
Uhart-Mixe
Uhart-Mixe ()UHARTE-HIRI
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'' New Basque Toponymy''
ref name="Orpustan">Jean-Baptiste Orpustan
''New Basque Toponymy''
Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, p. 93 * 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 *Cassini:
/ref> Origins: *Pamplona: Titles of PamplonaTitles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda
List of Successive Mayors
The Parish Church of Saint-Étienne (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
;The Church
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Arhansus on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Arhansus'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{authority control Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Lower Navarre
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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 ...
river forms the western border of the commune flowing north with two small streams rising in the commune and joining it. One stream is the northern border of the commune.
Places and Hamlets
* Aguerrengoyhenko Borda (ruins) * Bidartia * Bordaberria * Carricondoa * Castellu Cahara or Gastelusare * Charcoa * Cuçuluteguia * Elgartia * Etchessaria * Eyhera * Eyheraberria * Goyhenetchea * Haramberria * Harispouria * Hirrundoya * Inchaurrague * Ithurbidia * Larrondoa * Lastapia * Mendionda * Olieta * Portasanse * Solaquia * Uligainia GéoportailIGN
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Toponymy
The commune's name in basque is ''Arhantsusi'' (or ''Arhantsuse''Pierre Lhande
Pierre Lhande Heguy ( eu, Pierre Allande Hegi) was a French writer. He was born in Bayonne, France on 9 July 1877 and died 17 April 1957 in Tardets, Soule; for unknown reasons he was given his grandfather's surname, Lhande, as opposed to his fa ...
, ''Dictionary Basque-French'', 1926 ). The name is based on the basque radical ''Arhan-'', ''Arran-'' from where ''Arhantz'' is derived but the etymology "where blackthorn abounds"Ministry of Culture, Mérimée is uncertain.
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, p. 93 * 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 *Cassini:
Cassini Map
The Cassini Map or Academy's Map is the first topographic and geometric map made of the Kingdom of France as a whole. It was compiled by the Cassini family, mainly César-François Cassini (Cassini III) and his son Jean-Dominique Cassini (Ca ...
from 1750Cassini Map 1750 – Arhansus/ref> Origins: *Pamplona: Titles of PamplonaTitles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda
History
Heraldry
Administration
List of Successive Mayors
Inter-communality
Arhansus is part of seven inter-communal structures: * the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque; * the AEP association of Ostabaret; * the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; * the inter-communal association for the single purpose of Oztibarre Garbi; * the inter-communal association for the development and management of the slaughterhouse at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port; * the association for the operation of schools in Ostibarret; * the association to support Basque culture.Demography
In 2017 the commune had 74 inhabitants.Economy
Economic activity is mainly agricultural. the commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone ofOssau-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
Civil Heritage
Several sites in Arhansus are registered as historical monuments: *TheProtohistoric
Protohistory is a period between prehistory and history during which a culture or civilization has not yet developed writing, but other cultures have already noted the existence of those pre-literate groups in their own writings. For example, in ...
Camp at Castellu CaharaMinistry of Culture, Mérimée at an altitude of 361m
*A second Protohistoric
Protohistory is a period between prehistory and history during which a culture or civilization has not yet developed writing, but other cultures have already noted the existence of those pre-literate groups in their own writings. For example, in ...
Camp at Portasanse.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
*Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)
Religious Heritage
The Parish Church of Saint-Étienne (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
;The Church
Hilarri in Arhansus
See also
* Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques departmentReferences
External links
Arhansus on Géoportail
National Geographic Institute (IGN) website
''Arhansus'' on the 1750 Cassini Map
{{authority control Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Lower Navarre