Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Aydius (French pronunciation: [aidjus] [ 3] [ 4] Occitan : Aidius ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France .
Geography
Aydius is located some 25 km south by south-east of Oloron-Sainte-Marie just east of Bedous . Access to the commune is by the D237 road from Bedous which goes to the village and terminates there. The commune is alpine in nature with extensive forests, rugged terrain and snow-capped mountains in the east.[ 5]
The Gabarret river rises in the east of the commune and flows west gathering a large number of tributaries including the Ruisseau d'Arces , the Ruisseau du Saslars, the Gave de Béranfueil, the Gave de Bouren , the Ruisseau d'Ilhiec , the Ruisseau Sarité , the Ruisseau de Traillère , and the Ruisseau de Sahun (which forms part of the western border of the commune) before flowing west to join the Gave d'Aspe at Bedous.
Places and hamlets
Anire[ 6]
L'Ardoisière
Arès (barn)
Arques (forest)[ 6]
Las Arretortes (Cap de)
Les Arrouyes[ 6]
Baich (Rangole de)
Barca[ 6]
Barrada
Bat (barn)
Bat (bridge)
Bérangueil
Bérie (bank)
Bérouste (Serrot de)
Bésur (cabin)
Bouren[ 6]
Cachiquet (cabin)
Calhabets (Pas de)
Capdarest
Capdevielle
Capouret
Carn de Haut (bank)
Casaubon
Les Catiasses (forest)
Chechit
Core de Cam
Cot de Picars (alley)
La Courade (Col de)
Courdé
Courrège Longue
Cret Arrouy (Cap de)
Escarrebirats (Pas d')
Escourau (bank)
Escut (forest)
Guérègne
Haut (Rangole de)
Hourquet Roes (cabin)
Les Ichantes[ 6] [ 7]
Ichantes (forest)
Illes (bank)
Le Labay
Lacazette
Lacazotte
Laresse
Lartigalot
Latoussé (Pènes des)
Lespy
Luc (barn)
Manautton
Mariebère (forest)[ 6]
Mirande
Mousquaté (forest)[ 6]
Mousté (Col de)[ 6]
Pée Nouqué (ruins)
Pouey
La Poueye (Hosse de)
Salaneuve (ruins)
Les Salars[ 6]
Sarrelangue
Sartiat (forest)
Sézy (barn)
Soumaous (Hosse de)
Tousset
l'Usclat (forest)[ 6]
Neighbouring communes and villages
Places adjacent to Aydius
Toponymy
The commune name in Gascon is Aidius . Michel Grosclaude said that the name probably comes from the same root as Aydie [ 8]
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Name
Spelling
Date
Source
Page
Origin
Description
Aydius Aydius
1385
Grosclaude
Village
Lo temple de Sent Martin d'Aydius
1590
Raymond
18
Register of Aydius, BB, i, folio 3
Aydius
1750
Cassini
Anire Amire
1385
Raymond
6
Census
Farm
Anire
1863
Raymond
6
Le Col des Arques Le Col des Arques
1863
Raymond
11
Pass from Aydius to Gère-Bélesten
Les Arrouyes Les Arrouyes
1863
Raymond
13
Mountain
Barca Barca
1863
Raymond
21
Mountain
Le Béranguet Le Béranguet
1863
Raymond
28
Stream
Le Bouren Le Bouren
1863
Raymond
35
Stream
Les Ichantes Les Ichantes
1863
Raymond
81
Hamlet
L'Illecq L'Illecq
1863
Raymond
82
Stream
Les Jaupins Les Jaupins
1863
Raymond
85
Hamlet
Mariebère Marie-Bère
1863
Raymond
108
Mountain[ 9]
Bois de Mousquaté Mousquété
1863
Raymond
119
Forest
Mousté Mousté
1863
Raymond
120
Mountain on the border with Sarrance
Col de Pian Le Col de Pian
1863
Raymond
135
Pass to Bedous
Col de Picas Le Col de Picas
1863
Raymond
135
Mountain Pass
Salars Les Salars
1863
Raymond
153
Hamlet
Sources:
Origins:
Census: Census of Béarn[ 11]
History
A rock shelter dating from prehistory called Abri Gandon-Lassus [ 12]
Paul Raymond noted on page 18 of his 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey , vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and that in 1385 there were 30 fires and Aydius depended on the bailiwick of Aspe.[ 6]
Administration
List of Successive Mayors [ 13]
From
To
Name
1995
2014
Bernard Bourguinat
2014
2026
Bernard Choy
Inter-communality
The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:
the Communauté de communes du Haut Béarn;
the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
the inter-communal association for aid to education in the Vallée d'Aspe;
the joint association for Haut-Béarn.
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 114 inhabitants.
Historical population Year 1793 685 — 1800 726 +0.83% 1806 701 −0.58% 1821 891 +1.61% 1831 847 −0.51% 1836 822 −0.60% 1841 833 +0.27% 1846 890 +1.33% 1851 813 −1.79% 1856 855 +1.01% 1861 735 −2.98% 1866 695 −1.11% 1872 715 +0.47% 1876 694 −0.74% 1881 613 −2.45% 1886 586 −0.90% 1891 541 −1.59% 1896 526 −0.56%
Year 1901 520 −0.23% 1906 518 −0.08% 1911 489 −1.15% 1921 349 −3.32% 1926 283 −4.11% 1931 268 −1.08% 1936 241 −2.10% 1946 181 −2.82% 1954 137 −3.42% 1962 98 −4.10% 1968 88 −1.78% 1975 94 +0.95% 1982 67 −4.72% 1990 74 +1.25% 1999 80 +0.87% 2007 102 +3.08% 2012 98 −0.80% 2017 114 +3.07%
Source: EHESS[ 14] [ 15]
Economy
The economy of the commune is mainly focused towards agriculture and livestock. The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty .
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage
The commune has many sites that are registered as historical monuments:
The Maison Guiraudé (1891)[ 16]
The Maison Pualet (16th century)[ 17]
The Maison Hontas (18th century)[ 18]
The Abri Gandon-Lassus Prehistoric Cave (Prehistory)[ 12]
The Maison Ichante (1807)[ 7] [ 19]
The Maison Casaubon (18th century)[ 20]
Religious heritage
The Parish Church of Saint Martin (14th century)[ 21] [ 22]
Environmental heritage
Aydie contains a number of high mountains:
The Sommet de Tachat (1,408 metres),
The Sommet de Talabot (1,591 metres),
The Sommet de Pétraube (1,606 metres,
The Sommet de Houndarete (1,695 metres),
The Soum de la Mousquère (1,778 metres,
The Turon de la Goaita (1,805 metres,
The Lousquette de Barca (1,870 metres,
The Pic de Lariou (1,903 metres, and
The Mailh Bassibe (1,973 metres.
See also
Bibliography
In his book L'ours et les brebis (The Bear and the sheep), Etienne Lamazou recounted his life as a transhumant shepherd from 1913 to 1969. Originally from Aydius, he never left except to take his cattle to their winter plain. He recounted the life of a shepherd as it still existed at the beginning of the 20th century. All the action takes place in and around Aydius and the book has many thousands of anecdotes sometimes soothing, sometimes moving, and often instructive.
References
^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies . 28 December 2023.^ franceinfo. "À Aydius, les habitants prennent "soins les uns des autres" durant le confinement" . YouTube ^ France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine. "Auberge des isards Aydius" . YouTube {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )^ Google Maps ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees Paul Raymond , Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French) ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA64000002 Maison Ichante (in French)
^ a b Michel Grosclaude , Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn , Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French) ^ from Maria beroy , meaning "Beautiful Mary": Robert Aymard (member of the French Onomastic Society), Pyrénéen Toponyms , Lacour, 2009 ISBN 9782750424305 , page 251 (in French)
^ Cassini Map 1750 – Aydius ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA64000012 Abri Gandon-Lassus Prehistoric Cave (in French)
^ List of Mayors of France (in French) ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui : Commune data sheet Aydius , EHESS (in French) .^ Population en historique depuis 1968 , INSEE^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64001004 Maison Guiraudé (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64001007 Maison Pualet (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64001008 Maison Hontas (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000980 Maison Ichante (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64001005 Maison Casaubon (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000975 Parish Church of Saint Martin (in French)
^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00132935 Parish Church of Saint Martin (in French)
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