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Amendeuix-Oneix

Amendeuix-Oneix (French pronunciation: [amɛ̃døʃ ɔnɛʃ]; Basque: Amendüze-Unaso) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amendüztar.

Geography

Houses in Amedeuix-Oneix

Amendeuix-Oneix is located some 50 km east by southeast of Bayonne and 40 km south-west of Orthez in the Mixe country in the former Basque province of Lower Navarre. The village can be accessed by the D124 road from Garris in the west passing northeast to the village then continuing north to join the D29. The D11 road also passes through the south of the commune from Garris to Saint-Palais. The small D511 road links the D11 to the D124 within the commune.

Hydrography

Located in the Drainage divide of the Adour, the northern part of the eastern border of the commune is the Bidouze which flows north to join the Adour west of Peyrehorade. The southern part of the eastern border consists of the Joyeuse with many tributaries rising in the commune including the Algueruko erreka, the Sallarteko erreka, and the Soubiaga erreka. The Aitzeguerris rises just south of the village and flows into the Bidouze.

Localities and hamlets

  • Amendeuix
  • Arkausia
  • Arlania
  • Arrosteguia
  • Autrichia
  • Berhabia
  • Bidainia
  • Bordaberria
  • Candelenia
  • Errecartia
  • Etcheberria
  • Etchetto
  • Eyheraetcheberry
  • Gaponteguia
  • Goitia
  • Guillenteguia
  • Hiriberry
  • Inchaursague
  • Iribarnia
  • Jauberria
  • Jauhenia
  • Landaçaharia
  • Larregoyen
  • Lauhiteya
  • Mantunia
  • Oneix
  • Oyhamburia
  • Peco-Berthoua
  • Postateya
  • Sabrenia
  • Salla
  • Vivienborda

Toponymy

The current Basque name is Amendüze-Unaso. Jean-Baptiste Orpustan suggested that Oneix means the 'place of abundant hills'. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval however suggested that Oneix came from the Basque Unanu which means the Asphodelus (plant) and signifies a "place where the asphodelus is abundant. She also suggested that the origin of Amendeuix was Aquitane-Roman to designate a noble domain.

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Amendeuix Sanctus Joannes de Mindus 1160 Orpustan Village
Amindux 1316 Orpustan
Aminduch 1350 Orpustan
Aminduz 1413 Orpustan
Mendux 1413 Orpustan
Sent-Johan de Mendux 1472 Raymond
5
Notaries
Armendux 1513 Raymond
5
Pamplona
Amenduxs 1600 Raymond
5
Pau
Amendux 1621 Raymond
5
Biscay
Oneix Sanctus Petrus de Onas 1160 Orpustan Village
Onnaçu 1249 Orpustan
Oneyx 1316 Orpustan
Honeis 1350 Orpustan
Onasso 1394 Orpustan
Onex 1472 Raymond
125
Notaries
Onecx 1513 Raymond
125
Pamplona
Oniz 1621 Raymond
125
Biscay
Onazo 1863 Raymond
125
Basque
Hiriberry Hiriberry 1863 Raymond
78
Hamlet
Jauréguy Jauréguy 1863 Raymond
85
Fief, Vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
Lanevieille La noble salle de Lanevielhe d'Amenduxs 1600 Raymond
91
Pau Fief, Vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
Lanavieja 1621 Raymond
92
Biscay
Lanevieille 1863 Raymond
91
Salla La Salle 1863 Raymond
154
Fief, Vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre

Sources:

Origins:

History

In the 16th century (1594), evidence of witchcraft was reported by an admonition to the States of Navarre by the Prosecutor of Mixe (together with those of Arberoue, Ostabaret, Irissarry, Ossès, Baigorri, and La Bastide-Clairence), who complained of a lack of prosecution and requesting that each town or district of Lower Navarre elect "two men of good character who are not suspects to find and punish the perpetrators of these crimes of witchcraft, apostasy, and magic: to be joined with the people of Roy and all at the expense of those convicted or, in case of insolvency, to those countries and places which will be instructed". Part of this admonition followed a request from the inhabitants of Amendeuix dating from 1587 who claimed to have been victims of "spells that were manifested mainly by evil barking".

The village of Oneix joined with Amendeuix to form the commune of Amendeuix-Oneix on 27 August 1846.

Heraldry

Arms of Amendeuix-Oneix
Arms of Amendeuix-Oneix
Blazon:

Quarterly, 1 and 4 of Or with an Oak vert debruised by a boar of sable at the foot of the tree; at 2 and 3 party per fesse wavy of argent and azure.



Administration

The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors

From To Name
1837 1846 Jean Longy
1846 1848 Jean-Paul Larregoyen
1848 1871 Jean Longy
1871 1873 Franck d'Andurain
1873 1884 Gabriel Longy
1884 1885 Rémy Etcheto
1885 1909 Gabriel Longy
1909 1912 M Sabalette
1912 1938 Jean-Pierre Longy
1938 1945 Auguste de Castelbajac
1959 1974 Léon Longy
1995 2001 Arnaud Mandagaran
2001 2014 Armel Pierre Drouilhet
2014 2020 Arnaud Mandagaran
2020 2024 Jean-Marc Trenthomas
2024 2026 Stéphane Poisson

Inter-Communality

The commune belongs to seven inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
  • the AEP Association for Mixe country
  • the sanitation association for Saint-Palais - Luxe-Sumberraute
  • the association for school buses of Amendeuix-Oneix and Gabat
  • the energy association for Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for the operation of schools in Amikuze
  • the association supports Basque culture

Demography

In 1350 nine fires were reported in Oneix and 15-18 in Amendeuix.

The fiscal census of 1412-1413, made on the orders of Charles III of Navarre, compared with that of 1551 men and weapons that are in this kingdom of Navarre this side of the ports, reveals a demography with strong growth. The first census indicated the presence of 13 fires in Amendeuix with the second showing 40 (33 + 7 secondary fires). The same census reported 8 fires in Oneix in 1412-1413 against 17 (14 + 3 secondary fires) in 1551.

The census of the population of Lower Navarre in 1695 counted 63 fires at Amendeuix and 20 at Oneix.

In 2017 the commune had 448 inhabitants. The population data given in the table and graph below include the former commune of Oneix.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 341—    
1800 406+2.52%
1806 416+0.41%
1821 409−0.11%
1831 446+0.87%
1836 460+0.62%
1841 433−1.20%
1846 424−0.42%
1851 412−0.57%
1856 389−1.14%
1861 372−0.89%
1866 376+0.21%
1872 391+0.65%
1876 353−2.52%
1881 363+0.56%
1886 385+1.18%
1891 335−2.74%
1896 336+0.06%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 342+0.35%
1906 361+1.09%
1911 360−0.06%
1921 352−0.22%
1926 321−1.83%
1931 336+0.92%
1936 295−2.57%
1946 297+0.07%
1954 294−0.13%
1962 286−0.34%
1968 289+0.17%
1975 329+1.87%
1982 327−0.09%
1990 381+1.93%
1999 367−0.42%
2007 412+1.46%
2012 428+0.76%
2017 448+0.92%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Economy

The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

Languages

According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte the dialect of Basque spoken in Amendeuix-Oneix is eastern low Navarrese.

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint John the Baptist at Amendeuix
The Church of Saint Peter at Oneix

Two churches in the commune are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Church of Saint Peter (1787) at Oneix.
  • The Church of Saint John the Baptist (1903) at Amendeuix.

Amenities

Education

The commune has a kindergarten.

Amendeuix, Gabat, Ilharre, and Labets-Biscay have partnered to create an inter-educational grouping (RPI).

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place-names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  4. ^ Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque Language
  5. ^ Google Maps
  6. ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  7. ^ Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language (in French)
  8. ^ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, 246 pages, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
  9. ^ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  10. ^ Cassini Map 1750 – Amendeuix-Oneix
  11. ^ Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. ^ Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Titles of the Chamber of the Counts of Pau in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  14. ^ Derecho de naturaleza que la merindad de San-Juan-del-pie-del-puerto, una de las seys de Navarra, tiene en Castilla, 1622 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ Philippe Veyrin, The Basques, Arthaud, 1975, ISBN 2 7003 0038 6, p. 248. (in French)
  16. ^ List of Mayors of France
  17. ^ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, Collective work, Amikuze-Mixe Country, Éditions Izpegi, 1992, ISBN 2 909262 05 7, p. 77 (in French)
  18. ^ Census cited by Manex Goyhenetche in General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, ISBN 2 9131 5634 7, p. 26. (in French). The same work by Manex Goyhenetche indicated on page 284 that there was an average of 5.5 people per fire.
  19. ^ Transcribed and published by Ricardo Cierbide, Censos de población de la Baja Navarra, Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen, 1993
  20. ^ Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, E 575, transcribed by Louis Baratchart in The Friends of Old Navarre, January 1995, pages 44-54 (in French)
  21. ^ Bibliothèque nationale, 6956, Moreau Register 979, cited by Manex Goyhenetche in General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, ISBN 2 9131 5634 7, page 299 (in French)
  22. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Amendeuix-Oneix, EHESS (in French).
  23. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Oneix, EHESS (in French).
  24. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000681 Church of Saint Peter (in French)
  26. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000680 Church of Saint John the Baptist (in French)
  27. ^ RPI website (in French)