Abidos, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

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Abidos
Abidos rue 001.JPG
Main Street of Abidos
Coat of arms of Abidos
Abidos is located in France
Abidos
Administration
Country France
Region Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Pau
Canton Lagor
Intercommunality Lacq
Mayor Jean-Claude Mirassou
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 86–170 m (282–560 ft)
(avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
Land area1 3.06 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Population2 233  (2009)
 - Density 76 /km2 (200 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 64003/ 64150
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′59″N 0°37′23″W / 43.3997°N 0.6231°W / 43.3997; -0.6231

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

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Geography [edit]

Location [edit]

Abidos is a Béarnais commune located on the south side of the Gave de Pau with the Baise de Lasseube river flowing through the centre of the commune. It can be reached on Highway D31 from Le Bourget.

Hydrography [edit]

Located in the watershed of the Adour, the commune has its land watered by the Gave de Pau from its tributaries, the Baise de Lasseube and Luzoué.[1]

Localities and hamlets[2] [edit]

  • Bastia
  • Bernacheyre
  • Chalosse
  • Joanlong
  • Pleasure
  • Us

Neighbouring municipalities [edit]

 Maslacq Lacq Serres-Sainte-Marie
Lagor Artix
  Abidos  
Vielleségure Mourenx Os-Marsillon

Toponymy [edit]

The name Abidos appears in the forms Avitos in the 11th century,[3] according to Pierre de Marca[4] and towards 1100[5] and in the cartulary of the abbey of Lucq.[6]

Avitoss was another form around 1100,[5] from the cartulary of the abbey of Lucq- de-Béarn.[6] Avezos appeared as well around 1100[5] in the cartulary of the abbey of Lucq-de-Béarn[6]

Other forms appeared such as:

  • Avidoos in the 13th century[3] in the fors de Béarn[7]
  • Sent-Sadarnii of Abidos in 1344[3] notaries from Pardies[8]
  • Bidos and Bydos in 1548[3] for these two forms during the reformation of Béarn[9]
  • Abidos -the final form in the 18th century[5] shown on the Cassini map.

Michel Grosclaude offers a latin etymology of Avitus plus the Aquitaine suffix -ossum "domain of Avitus".

Its name in Béarnais is Avidos (according to the classical norm).

History [edit]

Paul Raymond[3] notes that in 1385, Abidos had eighteen "fires" and depended on the bailiwicks of Lagor and Pardies. Abidos had a castle with an attached door across the Pau river.

Heraldry [edit]

Arms of Abidos

Blazon:
Azure, the crested osprey in argent beaked and membered in gules, perched on a bone of death also argent posed in fess.

Administration [edit]

List of Successive Mayors of Abidos

From To Name Party Position
1968 2008 Léon Guilhamélou-Sempé UMP
2008 2014 Jean-Claude Mirassou

(Not all data is known)

Intercommunality [edit]

Abidos is a member of seven intercommunal organisations:[10]

  • the community of communes of Lacq
  • SIVU for the development and management of the river basin of Baïses
  • AEP union for water and Baise;
  • sanitation union of the communes of the Juscle and Baise valleys
  • Energy Union of Pyrenees-Atlantiques
  • Intercommunal Union for defence against floods of the Gave de Pau
  • Intercommunal union for educational regroupingin the communes of Os-Marsillon and Abidos.

Demography [edit]

In 2010 the commune had 236 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
225 230 203 241 238 229 207 222 222
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
237 216 227 208 229 204 212 182 186
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
184 190 183 170 162 149 149 109 147
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2007 2008
255 226 184 187 188 200 226 230 233
2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
233 236 - - - - - - -

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

Sources: Cassini until 1962 Local INSEE after 1968 INSEE

Economy [edit]

The 2006 classification by INSEE, indicated that the median household incomes for each municipality with more than 50 households (30,687 communes out of the 36,681 communes identified)[11] classed Abidos to rank at No. 10,338, with an average income of €17,174.

The town is part of the zone designation of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and heritage [edit]

Religious Heritage [edit]

There is an old chapel at Abidos castle.

Environmental heritage [edit]

An arboretum created by the community of communes of Lacq and the Abengoa BioEnergy France company, is located behind the village hall.

Also found in Abydos, a mill with its canal. The path of Naöu means an unencumbered way along the Pau river (phonetic transcription of nau is bateau in Béarnais).

Facilities [edit]

Education [edit]

The commune has a school with two classrooms for primary school, a school canteen, and a library.

Sports and sports equipment [edit]

The town has a sports field in the centre with a football field, basketball court, volleyball court, and tennis courts. There is also a sports hall equipped for basketball, tennis and Basque pelota. Lastly there is a a roller skate park for BMX edge of the Baise.

Notable People linked to the commune [edit]

Raoul Vergez, was born in Abidos on 3 August 1908 and died in Senlis (Oise) on 7 July 1977. He was a "companion carpenter",[Note 3] writer and journalist. Known by the name of "Béarnais, the friend of the Tour de France", he left an important mark on the work of the Companions in France. He reported from the United States during a trip in 1952, the some special techniques for companion carpenters.

See also [edit]

List of towns in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Communes of Béarn

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
  3. ^ See "Compagnonnage" in the French Wikipedia

References [edit]

  1. ^ Noted Luzouré by the Sandre
  2. ^ Géoportail - IGN consulted on 15 October 2011
  3. ^ a b c d e Paul Raymond, Topographic Dictionary of Béarn-basque country
  4. ^ According to Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn
  5. ^ a b c d Michel Grosclaude, Topnymical Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Ed. Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, isbn 2-35068-005-3, pages 120-121
  6. ^ a b c Cartulary of the Abbey of Lucq, according to Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn
  7. ^ Manuscript of the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  8. ^ Notaries of Pardies - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  9. ^ Manuscript of the 16th to the 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  10. ^ Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 9 November 2011
  11. ^ Statistical Summary by Commune, département, and area of employment, website of INSEE, consulted on 9 September 2009


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