Arrast-Larrebieu

Arrast-Larrebieu (Basque: Ürrüstoi-Larrebile) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Arrast-Larrebieu

Ürrüstoi-Larrebile
Commune
The road into Arrast
Location of Arrast-Larrebieu
Arrast-Larrebieu
Arrast-Larrebieu
Coordinates: 43°17′39″N 0°50′56″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonMontagne Basque
IntercommunalityCA Pays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Allande Davant
Area
1
7.56 km2 (2.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
95
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64050 /64130
Elevation132–299 m (433–981 ft)
(avg. 173 m or 568 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Urrustoitars.[2]

Geography
Arrast-Larrebieu General View

Arrast-Larrebieu is located in the former province of Soule some 12 km east by south-east of Saint-Palais and 10 km north by north-east of Mauléon-Licharre. Access to the commune is by the D243 road which branches off the D11 west of the commune and north of Espès-Undurein and passes through the village before continuing north-east to join the D115. The D135 from the D11 in the west to Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu in the south-east passes through the south of the commune and the hamlet of Larrebieu. The commune is mainly farmland with many forests scattered throughout the commune.[3]

The Laxubie rises in the south of the commune and flows north past the village gathering many tributaries and joins the Apaure north of the commune. Several small streams rise in the west of the commune and flow west to join the Saison.[3]

Places and Hamlets
  • Abbadia
  • Aguelcheberry
  • Aguerria
  • Aitzaguer (ruins)
  • Algalarrondo
  • Arkabisquey
  • Arrast
  • Asconeguy
  • Behety
  • Bethulard
  • Bou
  • Garatia
  • Gastelu
  • Gastelu Arrast
  • Gasteluchague
  • Habiague
  • Heguilus
  • Hoilly
  • Ibarbouen
  • Lacoste
  • Laplume
  • Larçabal
  • Larlette
  • Larrebieu
  • Larribet
  • Mendiondo
  • Oyhenart
  • Poutou
  • Sabalain
  • Sagardoyburu
  • Sallaberry
  • Sunhary
  • Tine

[4]

Toponymy
Arrast Fronton

The commune name in basque today is Ürrüstoi-Larrabile.[5]

Jean-Baptiste Orpustan indicated that the spelling in Basque Arrast is sometimes given with the determinant Ürrüxtoia meaning "hazel tree grove". He also stated that larrabil means a "rounded moor, squat".[6]

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
ArrastArrast13th centuryRaymond
11
BayonneVillage
Arrast1690Orpustan
Larast1690Orpustan
Larrast1690Orpustan
LarrebieuLarrebiu1384Raymond
94
NotariesVillage
Larrebiu1690Orpustan

Sources:

Origins:

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 11 of his 1863 dictionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Soule.[7]

Larrebieu was merged with the commune of Arrast on 16 October 1842.[7]

Administration
Arrast-Larrebieu Community Hall

List of Successive Mayors[10]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19952014Julien ErbinUMP
20142020Allande Davant

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque;
  • the Sanitation association of Pays de Soule;
  • the AEP association of Pays de Soule;
  • the inter-communal association of la Vallée;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for the construction and operation of the CES at Mauleon;
  • the association to support Basque culture.

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 95 inhabitants. The population data given in the table and graph below for 1836 and earlier refer to the former commune of Arrast.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 216—    
1800 212−0.27%
1806 154−5.19%
1821 191+1.45%
1831 176−0.81%
1836 200+2.59%
1841 323+10.06%
1846 308−0.95%
1851 292−1.06%
1856 261−2.22%
1861 247−1.10%
1866 283+2.76%
1872 235−3.05%
1876 265+3.05%
1881 275+0.74%
1886 259−1.19%
1891 252−0.55%
1896 246−0.48%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 263+1.35%
1906 251−0.93%
1911 258+0.55%
1921 242−0.64%
1926 225−1.45%
1931 215−0.91%
1936 201−1.34%
1946 203+0.10%
1954 198−0.31%
1962 173−1.67%
1968 144−3.01%
1975 128−1.67%
1982 131+0.33%
1990 123−0.78%
1999 105−1.74%
2007 96−1.11%
2012 96+0.00%
2017 95−0.21%
Source: EHESS[11] and INSEE[12]

Economy

Economic activity is mainly agricultural (livestock and pasture). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone designation of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

An enclosure with an earthen parapet (a protohistoric fort or Gaztelu zahar) at an altitude of 282 metres at a place called Gazteluxaga reflects the ancient past of the commune.

Religious heritage
The church of Sainte-Lucie
Hilarri in the Churchyard
Chapel at Larrebieu

The Parish Church of Sainte-Lucie (19th century) is registered as an historical monument.[13] It has a bell tower called Trinity or Souletin meaning the "top of the wall", pierced by bays for the bells with three roof peaks of approximately equal height, hence the name Trinity.[14] The church contains a Processional Cross (17th century) which is registered as an historical object.[15]

Notable people linked to the commune

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  3. Google Maps
  4. Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  5. Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language (Basque)
  6. Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
  7. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  8. Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  9. Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  11. Données Cassini, EHESS
  12. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  13. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000734 Parish Church of Sainte-Lucie (in French)
  14. Philippe Veyrin, The Basques, p. 241, Arthaud, 20 December 1975, ISBN 2700300386 (in French)
  15. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000036 Processional Cross (in French)
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