Abère

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Abère
Eglise d'Abère.JPG
Abère is located in France
Abère
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Morlaàs
Intercommunality Pays de Morlaàs
Mayor Claude Conte-Hourticq
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 239–346 m (784–1,135 ft)
(avg. 335 m or 1,099 ft)
Land area1 5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population2 147  (2009)
 - Density 25 /km2 (65 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64002/ 64160
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 43°23′26″N 0°10′28″W / 43.3906°N 0.1744°W / 43.3906; -0.1744

Abère is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

Contents

Geography[edit]

The Church of St. John the Baptist
Memorial to the war dead of Abère
The Abère public hall.
The Pyrénées from Abère.

Location[edit]

Abère is located to the north-east of Pau, about fifteen kilometres from that prefecture. Highway D7 (Route de Vic) heading east from Saint-Jammes passes through the southern portion of the commune. To reach Abère town turn left at the Chemin de Lapoutge and continue about 6 km. The Highway D207 coming south from Simacourbe passes along the eastern boundary of the commune.

Hydrography[edit]

Located in the watershed of the Adour, Abère is crossed by one tributary of the river: the Léez and the latter is fed by the Arriutort.

Localities and hamlets[1][edit]

  • Bartot
  • Berducq
  • Bordenave
  • Briscoulet
  • Courde
  • Crouquet
  • Hourcade
  • Labat
  • Larré
  • Piarrette
  • Salabert
  • The Teulère[2]

Neighbouring communes and towns[edit]

 Escoubes Gerderest and Monassut-Audiracq Maspie-Lalonquère-Juillacq
Saint-Laurent-Bretagne Momy
  Abère  
Gabaston Sedzere Baleix

Toponymy[edit]

The name Abère was mentioned in the tenth century[3] (according to Pierre de Marca[4]), and appeared in the forms Oere and Bere (the 1385[3] census of Béarn had these two forms[5]), Vere and Avere (in the 1385[6] census for Morlaàs, but uncertain if it is the same locality[6]). Oeyre was mentioned in the 1487[3] registry of Béarnais businesses.[7] Abere appears in the 18th century[6] on the Cassini map in 1793[8] and in the 1801,[8] Bulletin of Laws.

Michel Grosclaude[6] proposed a latin etymology of abellana or abella, deriving abera in Béarnais (according to Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[9]), which means "hazelnut" and by extension "the hazel copse"

The commune's name in Béarnais is Avera.

History[edit]

Paul Raymond[3] notes that in 1385, there were eight "fires" in Abère and that it depended on the bailiwick of Pau. The barony created in 1672 was to be a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn. The town was part of the archdiocese of Vic-Bihl, which in turn depended on the diocese of Lescar of which Lembeye was the county seat.[3]

His Lay Abbey,[10] the house of the Bosom of Abadie is mentioned in 1385.

Administration[edit]

List of Successive Mayors of Abère

From To Name Party Position
1995 2008 Jean-Pierre Lontet
2008 2014 Claude Conte-Hourticq

(Not all data is known)

Intercommunality[edit]

Abère is a member of three inter-communal organisations:[11]

  • the community of communes of the Pays de Morlaàs
  • the AEP Union for the Luy and Gabas Regions
  • the energy Union of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Demographics[edit]

In 2010 the commune had 147 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1][Note 2]

Evolution of the Population
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
296 199 256 194 170 259 285 272 291
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
261 264 257 230 247 238 225 226 201
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
212 196 200 180 160 154 165 154 149
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2007 2008
150 140 133 132 123 133 144 142 146
2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
147 147 - - - - - - -

From 1962 to 1999 there was no double counting of people who stayed in multiple communes.

Sources: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, Local INSEE from 1968, INSEE

Culture and Heritage[edit]

Civil heritage[edit]

The Bordenave Abère Castle[12] dates from the early 18th century.

In Abère there are several houses and farms[13] [14] of the 19th century.

At a place called the Teulère is a tile factory[2] which was mentioned in the 17th century and shown in the Cassini Map.

The Rectory[15] was bought by the town council in 1809 and restored in about 1867.

Religious Heritage[edit]

The Church of St. John the Baptist[16] partially dated to the 16th century. It contains
  • furniture[17]
  • Baptismal Font[18]
  • Tabernacle[19]
  • Carved Wood Altar[20]
  • Altar, Tabernacle, and 4 Candlesticks[21]
  • a table[22]
  • statues[23]
  • Processional Cross[24]
  • Altar Cross[25]
  • 4 Altar Candlesticks[26]

all are registered in the general inventory of cultural heritage.

See also[edit]

Notes and References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 [1], the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.
  2. ^ In the census table and the graph, by convention in Wikipedia, and to allow a fair comparison between five yearly censuses, the principle has been retained for subsequent legal populations since 1999 displayed in the census table and the graph that shows populations for the years 2006, 2011, 2016, etc.. , as well as the latest legal population published by INSEE

References[edit]

  1. ^ Géoportail - IGN consulted on 14 October 2011
  2. ^ a b French Ministry of Culture Notice IA00027108 Tile Factory (Fr)
  3. ^ a b c d e Paul Raymond, Topographic Dictionary of basque Béarn-Pays (Fr)
  4. ^ D'après Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn (Fr)
  5. ^ Manuscript of the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  6. ^ a b c d Michel Grosclaude, Toponymial Dictionary of communes, Béarn Ed. Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006 isbn 2-35068-005-3, page 214
  7. ^ Manuscripts of the 15th and 16th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  8. ^ a b Cassini
  9. ^ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, isbn 978-2-35077-151-9
  10. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IA00027107 Lay Abbey (Fr)
  11. ^ Intercommunalité des Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 9 November 2011
  12. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IA00027105 Bordenave Abère Castle (Fr)
  13. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IA00027103 Menyucq Farmhouse (Fr)
  14. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IA00027102 Houses and Farms (Fr)
  15. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IA00027106 Rectory (Fr)
  16. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IA00027104 Church of St. John the Baptist (Fr)
  17. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000447 Furniture in the Church of St. John the Baptist (Fr)
  18. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000443 Baptismal Font (Fr)
  19. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000440 Tabernacle (Fr)
  20. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000439 Carved wood Altar (Fr)
  21. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000438 Altar, Tabernacle, 4 Candlesticks (Fr)
  22. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000444 Table in the Church of St. John the Baptist (Fr)
  23. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000441 Statues in the Church of St. John the Baptist (Fr)
  24. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000446 Processional Cross (Fr)
  25. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000445 Altar Cross (Fr)
  26. ^ French Ministry of Culture Notice IM64000442 4 Altar Candlesticks (Fr)
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