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Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx)[2] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

The people of the commune are known as Ahastar.[3]

Geography

Location

Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan is part of Cize/Garazi country which was a historical province in Lower Navarre. It includes three former parishes, sometimes counted as four groups of houses in the Middle Ages[4] and with five toponyms: Alciette, Ahaxe, Garatehegi, Ligeta, and Bascassan located at the confluence of the Laurhibar and Esteneko streams.

Alciette is the parish farthest away to the northeast in the combination of the three parishes.

Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan is located some 6 km south-east of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and can be accessed by Highway D18 running from close to there through the heart of the commune southeast to Lecumberry. The village is not on the highway and is left onto the country road Vierge-d'Ahaxe off the D18 heading southeast. There is a country road from Aincille in the west to the village of Bascassin in the commune and there are other country roads entering from the north and the southeast.[5]

Hydrography

The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the commune lands are watered by the Laurhibar, a tributary of the Nive, and a tributary of that, the Esteneko stream. The Apatéko stream, a tributary of the Arzubiko stream also crosses the territory of Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan.

Localities and hamlets

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  • Aguerréa
  • Ahatsaxilo (former parish)[6]
  • Ahaxamendy[7]
  • Ahaxe
  • Alciette
  • Bascassan
  • Bastida[8]
  • Bernetcheko Borda
  • Bidartéa
  • Bordes (2 places)
  • Buirguista
  • Buluntza
  • Chilinchabidéa
  • Chilo
  • Curutchet (or Garat)[9]
  • Dorrea[10]
  • Errékaldéa
  • Erromatéguia (2 places)
  • Etcheverria[11]
  • Garatehegi[4][12]
  • Garatéko Eyhéra
  • Gastelua[13]
  • Gastalepo
  • Haraune
  • Harguindéguia
  • Idioinea[14]
  • Irahane
  • Iriberria
  • Irigaraya
  • Irustikoborda
  • Italatzé
  • Kapila
  • Larluzia
  • Libiéta[15]
  • Lietamendy
  • Ligeta[4]
  • Olherry
  • Orido
  • Ospitaletchia
  • Sagardoyguibel
  • Seineguy
  • Uhaïtzia
  • Urrutia

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Toponymy

The commune's name in Basque is Ahatsa-Alzieta-Baskazane.[2][17]

Ahaxe

The toponym Ahaxe appears in the forms:

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Jean-Baptiste Orpustan[4] indicates that the toponym comes from the Basque oronymic base of (h)aitz meaning "rock" or "height".

The people of the commune are called in Basque Ahatsar.[4]

Alciette

The toponym Alciette appears in the forms:

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  • Alsuete (1249)[4]
  • La Grange Alsuete (1302,[22] Chapter of Bayonne[19])
  • Alçueta (1305)[17]
  • Alzueta (1513,[22] Titles of Pamplona[23])
  • Alçuete and Alçueta (1350)[17])
  • Alchuete (1387)[17]
  • Alchuette (1387)[4]
  • Alçueta (1621,[22] Martin Biscay[24])
  • Alsiette (1667,[22] regulations of the States of Navarre[25])

The Basque name for the people of this area is Alzietar.[4]

According to Jean-Baptiste Orpustan,[4] Alciette is derived from the medieval Alzueta which itself comes from the Basque alzu meaning "place where there are abundant alder trees".

Bascassan

The name Bascassan appears in the forms:

Its origin is uncertain.[4] The people of the area are called Bazkazandar in basque.[4]

Ahaxachillo is mentioned in the 1863 dictionary.[6])

Bastida is also indicated by Raymond.[8]

Errékaldéa is mentioned with the spelling Errecaldia referring to the flowing stream of Bascassan flowing into the Laurhibar.[27]

Curutchet

Curutchet (also called Garat) was a former fief of Ahaxe, a vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre.[9]

Etcheverria

Paul Raymond mentioned an Etcheberry, a fief located in the parish of Alciette and a vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre.[11]

Garatehegi

The name Garatehegi appears in the forms:

  • Garateguia (1350)[4]
  • sent jullian et garateheguj (1366)[4]
  • la parropie de garatehegi (1413)[4]
  • Garatteguy (1518,[12] Titles of Pamplona[23])
  • Garatéhéguy (1708,[12] Regulation of the commander of Irissarry[28])
  • Garateguy (1863)[12]

Garatehegi from Basque means "summit of the high country".[4]

Gastelua

Gastelua appears with the spelling Gastellu in 1863.[13]

Libiéta

Libiéta is a toponym that appears in the forms:

  • Libiet (1621,[15] Martin Biscay[24])
  • Libiette (1789)[4]
Ligeta

Ligeta is mentioned in the forms:

  • Lagueta (1264)[4]
  • Ligueta (1307)[4]
  • Liguete (1350),[4] 1366,[4] and 1413[4]).

The origin of this toponym could be the Latin Liger[4] (which was equally likely to be the origin of Loire).

History

The Lordship of Ahaxe, also called the Lordship of Cize, was allied with the Viscounts of Arbéroue in the 11th century as well as the lordships of Guiche and to the Counts of Biscay.[4]

Ahaxe and Alciette-Bascassan were reunited on 11 June 1842.[17]

Heraldry

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Administration

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From To Name Party
1995 2008 Simone Ithurbide
2008 2026 Jean-Paul Bidart DVD

Inter-communality

The commune belongs to seven inter-communal structures:[30]

  • the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque;
  • the AEP union of Ahaxe-Lecumberry-Mendive;
  • the energy union of Pyrenees-Atlantiques;
  • the RPI (Intercommunal Education) union Hergaray;
  • the inter-communal union for the development and management of the abattoir of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port;
  • the joint association for the watershed of the Nive;
  • the union to support Basque culture.

Population

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Economy

Economic activity is mainly agricultural. The commune is part of the zone designation of the Ossau-Iraty cheese.

Culture and heritage

Languages

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

Civil heritage

There is a gaztelu zahar (a prehistoric fortified complex) at a place called Gaztalepo (Ahaxe), located 550 metres above sea level. There is also a lice or a fence surrounding a fortification running at 313 metres above sea level at a place called Gaztelua or Gastellia. These artifacts represent the ancient past of the commune.

There are several buildings, houses, and farms in the commune that are listed as historical monuments. These are:

Religious Heritage

A number of churches and sites in the commune have been classified as historical monuments. These are:

Hilarri in the Saint Julien Church Cemetery

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Facilities

The commune has a kindergarten.

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b AHATSA-ALZIETA-BASKAZANE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia Template:In lang
  3. ↑ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of country names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Ed. Archives and Culture, Template:ISBN Template:In lang
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Ed. Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, Template:ISBN, page 140 Template:In lang
  5. ↑ Google Maps
  6. ↑ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 3 Template:In lang
  7. ↑ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang
  8. ↑ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 23 Template:In lang
  9. ↑ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 54 & 67 Template:In lang
  10. ↑ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang
  11. ↑ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 63 Template:In lang
  12. ↑ a b c d Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 67 Template:In lang
  13. ↑ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 68 Template:In lang
  14. ↑ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang
  15. ↑ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 101 Template:In lang
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  17. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang
  18. ↑ a b c Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011, p. 3 Template:In lang
  19. ↑ a b Chapter of Bayonne - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
  20. ↑ Manuscript of the 18th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
  21. ↑ Manuscripts from the 17th to the 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of des Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  22. ↑ a b c d Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 4 Template:In lang
  23. ↑ a b c Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda Template:In lang
  24. ↑ a b c Derecho de naturaleza que la merindad de San-Juan-del-pie-del-puerto, una de las seys de Navarra, tiene en Castilla - 1622 petit in-4° Template:In lang
  25. ↑ Collection of manuscripts in 11 volumes of deliberations (1606 to 1789) - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
  26. ↑ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 22 Template:In lang
  27. ↑ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 59 Template:In lang
  28. ↑ Regulations of the commandery of Irissarry - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
  29. ↑ List of Mayors of France Template:In lang
  30. ↑ Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:Webarchive, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 9 November 2011 Template:In lang
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