Barraute-Camu

Barraute-Camu is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.[2]

Barraute-Camu
Commune
Location of Barraute-Camu
Barraute-Camu
Barraute-Camu
Coordinates: 43°23′19″N 0°53′42″W
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonOrthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel
IntercommunalitySauveterre-de-Béarn
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean Agoutborde
Area
1
3.94 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
174
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64096 /64390
Elevation53–145 m (174–476 ft)
(avg. 81 m or 266 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Barraute-Camu is located 2 km east by south-east of Sauveterre-de-Béarn and 4 km west by north-west of Montfort. Access to the commune is by the D936 highway from Abitain in the west which passes through the heart of the commune just south of the village and continues east to Araujuzon. The commune is almost all farmland except for some forest along the river and along the southern border.[3][4]

The Gave d'Oloron forms the northern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Gave de Pau at Peyrehorade to become the Gaves Réunis. The Ruisseau de Lapeyrère rises in the commune and flows north to join the Gave d'Oloron.[3][4]

Places and Hamlets[4]
  • La Cabé
  • Camu
  • Campagne de Camu
  • Capulet
  • Crescent
  • Houch
  • Lageyre
  • Lahitau
  • Lasbignasses
  • Peyret
  • Théas

Toponymy

The commune name in Occitan Gascon is Berrauta-Camun.

Michel Grosclaude said that the name comes from the basque berro: Broussailles and the collective suffix '-eta meaning "where there are no bushes" He also stated that Camu most likely comes from the Gascon kamy, the variant kamu meaning "fertile ground next to the river".[5]

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

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
BarrauteBerraute1150GrosclaudeSordVillage
Berraute1385Raymond
21
Census
Sent Sapriaa de Berraute1413Raymond
21
Notaries
Berauta1548Raymond
21
Reformation
Beraute1687Raymond
21
Reformation
Barraute1750CassiniCassini 1750
Baraulte1801Ldh/EHESS/Cassini
Barrante1801Ldh/EHESS/Cassini
CamuCamoo1385Raymond
40
CensusVillage
Camuu1385Raymond
40
Census
Camur en Bearn1477Raymond
40
Ohix
Les AhitauxLes Ahitaux1863Raymond
3
Hamlet

Sources:

Origins:

  • Sorde: Cartulary of Sorde[8]
  • Census: Census of Béarn[9]
  • Notaries: Notaries of Navarrenx[10]
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn[11]
  • Ohix: Contracts retained by Ohix, Notary of Soule[12]

History

Barraute appears as Barraute on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[13]

Camu appears as Camu on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and does not appear on the 1790 version.[13]

Paul Raymond noted on page 21 and 40 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Barraute had 24 fires and Camu 11. Barraute was part of the bailiwick of Navarrenx and Camu in that of Sauveterre.[6]

The communes of Barraute and Camu were merged on 14 June 1841.[6]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[14]

FromToNamePartyPosition
19952020Jean Cazenave

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

The commune is part of five inter-communal structures:

  • the inter-communal centre for social action of Community of communes of Sauveterre-de-Béarn;
  • the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for management of drinking water from the Saleys and the gaves;
  • the inter-communal association of gaves and Saleys

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 174 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 194—    
1800 190−0.30%
1806 305+8.21%
1821 216−2.27%
1831 216+0.00%
1836 249+2.88%
1841 418+10.92%
1846 404−0.68%
1851 403−0.05%
1856 371−1.64%
1861 359−0.66%
1866 337−1.26%
1872 335−0.10%
1876 335+0.00%
1881 322−0.79%
1886 308−0.89%
1891 329+1.33%
1896 289−2.56%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 304+1.02%
1906 318+0.90%
1911 294−1.56%
1921 258−1.30%
1926 256−0.16%
1931 271+1.15%
1936 246−1.92%
1946 245−0.04%
1954 222−1.22%
1962 213−0.52%
1968 210−0.24%
1975 187−1.64%
1982 186−0.08%
1990 160−1.86%
1999 164+0.27%
2007 150−1.11%
2012 161+1.43%
2017 174+1.57%
Source: EHESS[15] and INSEE[16]

Economy

The main activity is agricultural. The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée of Ossau-iraty

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Cyprien and Saint Justine (Middle Ages) is registered as an historical monument.[17] It was restored in the 19th century.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Barraute-Camu on Lion1906
  3. Barraute-Camu on Google Maps
  4. Barraute-Camu on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  5. Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3(in French)
  6. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  7. Barraute and Camu on the 1750 Cassini Map
  8. Cartulary of the Abbey Saint John of Sorde, published in the proofs of the History of Béarn by Pierre de Marca (in French)
  9. Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  11. Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. Manuscripts from the 15th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  13. Barraute on the 1790 Cassini Map
  14. List of Mayors of France (in French)
  15. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barraute-Camu, EHESS. (in French)
  16. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000667 Church of Saint Cyprien and Saint Justine (in French)
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