Abère (French pronunciation: [abɛʁ]; Béarnese: Avera) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Abère is located some 22 km northeast of Pau and some 9 km northeast of Morlaas. The D7 road (Route de Vic) heading east from Saint-Jammes passes through the southern portion of the commune and continues to Baleix. Access to the village is by the Chemin de Lapoutge going north from the D7 for about 6 km. The Highway D207 coming south from Simacourbe forms the eastern boundary of the commune. The commune is mostly farmland with forests in the north and east

Located in the watershed of the Adour, the Grand Léez river forms the western border of the commune, with the Arriutort joining it at the northern tip of the commune and forming the northeastern border of the commune.

The name Abère was mentioned in the tenth century (according to Pierre de Marca) and appeared in the forms:

• Oere and Bere (1385 Census of Béarn),
• Vere and Avere (1385 Census of Morlaàs, but uncertain if it is the same locality),
• Oeyre was mentioned in 1487 Registry of Béarnais businesses.
• Abere appears on the Cassini Map of 1750 and in the 1790 map, Bulletin of Laws.

Michel Grosclaude proposed a Latin etymology of abellana or abella, derived from the Béarnais abera (according to Brigitte Jobbé-Duval.), which means "hazelnut" and by extension "the hazel copse"

The commune's name in Béarnais is Avera.

Paul Raymond noted that in 1385, there were 8 fires in Abère and that it depended on the bailiwick of Pau. A barony was created in 1672, a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn. The commune was part of the Archdiocese of Vic-Bihl, which in turn depended on the Diocese of Lescar of which Lembeye was the capital.

Its Lay Abbey, the house of Bosom d'Abadie is mentioned in 1385.

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List of Successive Mayors of Abère

From	To	Name
1995	2008	Jean-Pierre Lortet
2008	2014	Claude Conte-Hourticq
2014	Current	Myriam Cuillet

Abère is a member of three inter-communal organisations:

• the community of communes of Nord-Est Béarn
• the AEP Union for the Luy and Gabas Regions
• the energy Union of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 296 —     1800 199 −5.51% 1806 256 +4.29% 1821 194 −1.83% 1831 170 −1.31% 1836 259 +8.79% 1841 285 +1.93% 1846 272 −0.93% 1851 291 +1.36% 1856 261 −2.15% 1861 264 +0.23% 1866 257 −0.54% 1872 230 −1.83% 1876 247 +1.80% 1881 238 −0.74% 1886 225 −1.12% 1891 226 +0.09% 1896 201 −2.32%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 212 +1.07% 1906 196 −1.56% 1911 200 +0.40% 1921 180 −1.05% 1926 160 −2.33% 1931 154 −0.76% 1936 165 +1.39% 1946 154 −0.69% 1954 149 −0.41% 1962 150 +0.08% 1968 140 −1.14% 1975 133 −0.73% 1982 132 −0.11% 1990 123 −0.88% 1999 133 +0.87% 2009 147 +1.01% 2014 158 +1.45% 2020 165 +0.73%
Source: EHESS (1793-1999) and INSEE

Several structures are listed as historical monuments in the commune. These are:

• Tile factory at la Teulère
• Former Lay Abbey: the Bosom d'Abadie
• Town Hall (former Presbytery) (19th century)
• Chateau of Bordenave d'Abère (1732)
• Menyucq House farm (1841)
• Houses and Farms (19th century)

• The Church of St. John the Baptist (16th century) The church contains several historical objects. These are:
  • Processional Cross (17th century)
  • Altar Cross
  • Painting: Christ on the Cross with Saint John, the Virgin, and Saint John the Baptist (18th century)
  • Baptismal Fonts (12th century)
  • 4 Altar Candlesticks
  • 2 statues: Angels holding a column and a scale
  • Tabernacle
  • Altar (18th century)
  • Altar, Tabernacle, and 4 Candlesticks at the secondary altar

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

• Abère on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Abere on the 1750 Cassini Map