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Audaux

Audaux (French pronunciation: [odoks]; Occitan: Audaus) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

Audaux is located some 18 km south of Orthez and 6 km north-west of Navarrenx. Access to the commune is by the D27 road from Bugnein in the south-east passing through the south of the commune and the village and continuing to Laàs in the west. The D427 branches off the D27 in the commune and goes to Castetbon in the north. The D947 highway passes through the north of the commune as it goes from Bastanès in the south-east to Orthez. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Geup west of the village and Lacamoire in the north of the commune on the D947. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with most of the land area farmland.

The Gave d'Oloron forms all of the south-western border as it flows north-west to join the Gave de Pau forming the Gaves réunis at Peyrehorade. The Barthes forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Gave d'Oloron. The Ruisseau de Labaigt flows south through the centre of the commune and through Geap to join the Gave d'Oloron. The Saleys river flows across the north of the commune from east to west and it continues north-west to join the Gave d'Oloron east of Saint-Pé-de-Léren.

Places and hamlets

  • Andréou (ruins)
  • Anglade
  • Arées
  • Aureyte (fountain)
  • Baherle
  • Bendéjac
  • Camous
  • Camp des Maures
  • Capdeville
  • Les Carrérasses
  • Casenave
  • Castet
  • Coos
  • Coustet
  • L'Esquille
  • Geup
  • Hountet
  • Hourpélat
  • Hourquabillé
  • Hourracq
  • Laborde
  • Lacamoire
  • Lafouillère
  • Lalanne
  • Mirassou
  • Le Moulin
  • La Pépinière
  • Perdigué
  • Puyalou
  • Saut
  • Les Vignes

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Audaus. Michel Grosclaude proposed a possible etymology from an Aquitaine man's name Aldene with the suffix -os.

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Audaux Aldeos 11th century Grosclaude Village
Aldaus 11th century Raymond
16
Marca
Audaus 1178 Raymond
16
Duchesne
Sent Bisentz d'Audaus 1612 Raymond
16
Insinuations
Audaux 1750 Grosclaude Cassini
Andaux 1801 Cassini Bulletin des lois
Arées Arees 1385 Raymond
9
Census Farm
Arès 1863 Raymond
9
La Camoire Lo molin de La Camoere 1571 Raymond
39
Reformation Hamlet
Conques Los Conquees 1476 Raymond
52
Castetner Hamlet & Fief dependent on the bailiwick of Larbaig and vassal of the Marquis of Gassion
Conquez 1686 Raymond
52
Reformation
Conquetz 1728 Raymond
52
Gassion
Coos Lo Cos 1385 Raymond
52
Census Farm
Les Marsains Los Marsains 1289 Raymond
109
Camptort Fief dependent on the Marquis of Gassion
Los Marsanhs 1376 Raymond
109
Military
Los Marssaynz 1540 Raymond
109
Reformation
Les Marsans 1683 Raymond
109
Reformation
Marsoinx 1719 Raymond
109
Enumeration
Marseings 1728 Raymond
109
Gassion

Sources:

Origins:

  • Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.
  • Duchesne: Duchesne collection volume CXIV
  • Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron
  • Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
  • Census: Census of Béarn
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
  • Castetner: Notaries of Castetner
  • Gassion: Enumeration of Gassion
  • Camptort: Titles of Camptort
  • Military: Military Inspection of Béarn
  • Enumeration: Enumeration of Audaux

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 16 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 the commune depended on the bailiwick of Navarrenx and had 84 fires. Audaux was dependent of the Marquis of Gassion.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From To Name
1995 2014 Marc Leprat
2014 2020 Charlette Laborde
2020 2026 Kattalin Quentin

Inter-communality

The commune is part of eight inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves;
  • the AEP association of Navarrenx;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the association for promotion of Navarrenx;
  • the association for schools in Gaveausset;
  • the inter-communal association for sanitation Audaux - Bugnein 2 AB;
  • the inter-communal association for the Gaves and the Saleys river;
  • the joint oak forest association for the basque and bearnais valleys;

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 164 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 432—    
1800 331−3.73%
1806 375+2.10%
1821 370−0.09%
1831 325−1.29%
1836 332+0.43%
1841 434+5.50%
1846 454+0.91%
1851 444−0.44%
1856 457+0.58%
1861 415−1.91%
1866 401−0.68%
1872 395−0.25%
1876 382−0.83%
1881 408+1.33%
1886 420+0.58%
1891 376−2.19%
1896 372−0.21%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 346−1.44%
1906 322−1.43%
1911 318−0.25%
1921 305−0.42%
1926 264−2.85%
1931 257−0.54%
1936 234−1.86%
1946 295+2.34%
1954 366+2.73%
1962 244−4.94%
1968 270+1.70%
1975 264−0.32%
1982 215−2.89%
1990 203−0.72%
1999 220+0.90%
2007 192−1.69%
2012 178−1.50%
2017 164−1.62%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

Audaux has a very high proportion of non-permanent population (e.g. pupils in boarding schools): 31% (73 of 237) as of 2017. This is due to the private boarding school of Sainte-Bernadette having 110 students boarding there.

Economy

Economic activity in the commune is mainly agricultural. The commune lies in the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and heritage

The Gassion Chateau with a hot air balloon

Since 1991 the village has held a rally of hot air balloons on the second weekend in July.

Civil heritage

Aerial view of the Chateau of Audaux

The commune has one building that is registered as a historical monument:

  • The Chateau of Audaux (1659). Since 1943 the chateau has belonged to the Foundation of Apprentices of Auteuil who have established a private scholastic institution called DSainte-Bernadette. Although it is a private castle, it can be visited with a historian guide during Heritage Day on the 2nd Sunday in September, on open days for the institution in late May, and during the "Castle Festival" in mid-July.

Facilities

Education

The commune has an elementary school as well as the private institution of Sainte-Bernadette which has a college, a professional school, and a masonry apprenticeship unit.

Notable people linked to the commune

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Google Maps
  4. ^ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  5. ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  6. ^ Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French)
  7. ^ Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn
  8. ^ Duchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian - Bibliothèque nationale de France
  9. ^ Manuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. ^ Cassini Map 1750 - Asson
  11. ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. ^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  13. ^ Notaries of Castetner - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  14. ^ Manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  15. ^ Titles of Camptort in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  16. ^ Manuscript from 1376 in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  17. ^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
  18. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Audaux, EHESS (in French).
  19. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  20. ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00084325 Chateau (in French)
  22. ^ Sainte-Bernadette School page on the Apprentices of Auteuil website (in French)