Ahetze

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Ahetze (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a village and a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. The commune is part of the urban area of Bayonne,[2] and of the traditional Basque province of Labourd.[3]

Geography

Location

The commune is located some 13 km southwest of Bayonne and 30 km northeast of Donostia-San-Sebastion and only 4 km from the Atlantic beaches of Bidart and Guéthary.

Access

Ahetze village is at the intersection of departmental roads D655 from Arbonne to Bidart and D855 from Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle to Saint-Jean-de-Luz. The commune can be accessed from Exit 4 (Biarritz La Négresse) and Exit 3 (Saint-Jean-de-Luz nord) from the A63 autoroute.

The Biarritz–Anglet–Bayonne Airport is 15-minute drive from the village.

Hydrography

The river Zirikolatzeko erreka, a tributary of the Uhabia, flows through the commune,[4] as well as several of its tributaries, including the Amisolako, Uroneko, and Besaingo.

Paul Raymond also stated in his Topographical dictionary of Bearn-Basque Country in 1863[5] that a tributary of the Alborga: the Haïstéchéhé flows through Ahetze after rising in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle.

Localities and hamlets

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  • Adamenea
  • Aguerria
  • Amizola[5]
  • Arrakotenea
  • Belhardiko Errota
  • Biperenborda
  • Borda
  • Dorrea
  • Etxebiaga
  • Haroztegia
  • Harrieta
  • Ithurbidea
  • Ithurbidenborda
  • Laharraga
  • Larramendia
  • Larreluzea
  • Larretxeberria
  • Larrunta or Larruntaldea[5]
  • Martikotenea
  • Mulienea
  • Olhagaina
  • Ostaleriaborda
  • Solorzano
  • Uhartea
  • Xaharrenea
  • Ximikoenea
  • Xirrikenea

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Toponymy

The commune name in Basque is also Ahetze.

Jean-Baptiste Orpustan suggested that Ahetze comes from aiz meaning "stone" and by extension "high rock" (see also: Ahaitz).[7]

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Ahetze Ahece 1083 Orpustan Village
Ahese 1170 Orpustan
Aheze 1170 Orpustan
de Hetsa 1249 Orpustan
Villa quœ dicitur Ahece 12th century Raymond
3
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Aheze 13th century Raymond
3
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		 Bayonne
Ahetce 1302 Raymond
3
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Ahetze 19th century Lhande
Amisolako erreka Amisola 1863 Raymond
5
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Larrustaldéa Larungoriz 13th century Raymond
95
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Ouhas-Aldéa Ouhas-Aldéa 1863 Raymond
129
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Sources:

  • Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy[7]
  • Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Template:In lang[5]
  • Lhande: Pierre Lhande, Basque-French Dictionary 1926

Origins:

According to Eugène Goyheneche:[10] "two houses (…) had medieval names of Akarreta and Haranbillaga".

History

In the Middle Ages the Compostela pilgrims who chose the passage along the Atlantic coast passed near Ahetze, Ibarron and the hospital (Ospitale Zaharra) in Sare. Others preferred to fork through part of Ahetze to reach the chapel Saint-Jacques of Serres and also visit Vera by passing by Olhette and the Ibardin Pass.[11]

Heraldry

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Administration

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The Town Hall and the fronton

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From To Name Party Position
1957 1971 Élie Charles Philippe Marie d'Elbée
1995 2008 Pierre Cocagne
2008 2011 Jean d'Elbée[13][14] Oceanographer & Biologist
2011 2025 Philippe Élissalde DVD School Teacher, Director
2025 2026 Ramuntxo Labat-Aramendy

Inter-Communality

Ahetze is a member of 8 Intercommunal organisations:

  • the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
  • the union of Ouhabia
  • the intercommunal association of secondary schools of Saint-Jean-de-Luz
  • the intercommunal association Nive-Nivelle
  • the mixed association of Bizi Garbia
  • the association to support Basque culture
  • the joint association for drinking water from the Ura
  • the joint sanitation association of the Ura

The commune is a member of the Basque Eurocity Bayonne - San Sebastian.

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aheztars in French.[15]

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Economy

The flea market takes place every third Sunday of the month and regularly attracts lovers of antiques from the Paris region, to the Spanish communes all around and contributes to the economic revitalization of the village which has mainly agricultural activity.

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

Culture and heritage

Languages

The Map of the Seven Basque Provinces established by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte in 1863 indicated that the Basque dialect spoken in Ahetze was Labourdin.

Festivals

Established in 1971, the Committee of Festivals of Ahetze (Ahetzeko Mozkor Banda) organises the following events: wheat threshing, dance evenings, a gala of Basque rural sports, loto, and employers' festivals that take place between 25 October and 11 November.

Civil heritage

  • The Ostalapia farm, now a restaurant, is a former way station on the road to Saint Jacques de Compostela and long before was a haven for the Guethariars and Bidartars when they were attacked by pirates from the ocean or by robbers. There are some boulders once used for walls in the parking area.
  • Some old Baserri dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, some of which have been extended over time. New construction follows the Labourdin style.

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Martin (16th century)Template:Mérimée Icon is registered as an historical monument.[17] The church contains a number of items that are registered as historical objects:

    • A Retable and 7 Paintings (1700)Template:Palissy Icon[18]
    • A Processional Cross (15th century).Template:Palissy Icon[19] This cross, whose arms are garnished with bells, was used in witchcraft trials in the year 1609 to the outrage of Councilor Lancre[20] who saw it as an evil object. The carvings on the Cross represent the faces of Christ, the Virgin, Saint John, a pelican, and two women's heads. On the back of the cross there is the representation of a bishop, undoubtedly Saint Martin.[10]
    • A Statue: Virgin of the Assumption (18th century)Template:Palissy Icon[21]
    • A Statue: Saint Jacques dressed as a pilgrim (18th century)Template:Palissy Icon[22]

Eugène Goyheneche[10] noted that the church quite exceptionally possessed a register of Catholics in Basque.

The Church Picture Gallery

Environmental heritage

On the heights of Ahetze all the Basque mountains near the Atlantic are visible: the Rhune, the Mondarrain, the Artzamendi, and the Ursuia in France as well as the Three Crowns in Spain.

Facilities

Sports and sports facilities

Ahetze has two Frontons, one is old and built into the wall of the town hall, a second was completed in 2008 as part of the new development of the town.

A Trinquet called Pantxoa Sein is next to the primary school.

A marked fitness trail runs through the south-east of the village.

Education

Ahetze has a primary school and a nursery.

Health

Ahetze has several health services: a general practitioner, a dentist, a nurse, a physiotherapist, and a speech therapist.

Notable People linked to the commune

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Statue of Template:Interlanguage link, sculpted by Piarres Erdozaintzi[Note 1]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Piarres Erdozaintzi is a sculptor born in 1957, resident in Saint-Just-Ibarre - Source: Harria et herria, Pierre et pays, Bulletin du Musée basque, 2003 Template:In lang

References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Commune d'Ahetze (64009), INSEE
  3. ↑ AHETZE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia Template:In lang
  4. ↑ Template:Sandre
  5. ↑ a b c d Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". (Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011)
  6. ↑ Géoportail, IGN Template:In lang
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  8. ↑ Manuscript from the 14th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
  9. ↑ Chapter of Bayonne in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
  10. ↑ a b c Eugène Goyheneche, Basque Country: Soule, Labourd, Lower Navarre, Société nouvelle d'éditions régionales et de diffusion, Pau, 1979, BnF FRBNF34647711 Template:In lang
  11. ↑ Philippe Veyrin, The Basques, Arthaud, 1975, Template:ISBN, page 53. Template:In lang
  12. ↑ List of Mayors of France Template:In lang
  13. ↑ At a council meeting on 21 September 2011, Mayor Jean d'Elbée, in response to a blockage of the decision-making process, called for the resignation of the entire council. After two rounds of municipal elections on 20 and 27 November 2011 Philippe Elissalde was elected mayor
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  15. ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  16. ↑ Another Hilarri from Ahetze is displayed in the Bayonne Basque History Museum.
  17. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In langTemplate:Camera
  18. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang
  19. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang
  20. ↑ Philippe Veyrin, The Basques, Arthaud, 1975, Template:ISBN, page 303. Template:In lang
  21. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang
  22. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang
  23. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".Template:Cbignore
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  25. ↑ Claude Dendaletche, The Basque Archipelago, Éditions Privat - Cahors, 2005, Template:ISBN, page 133 Template:In lang
  26. ↑ The results of these studies were published in 1967 (The Basques Natural History, New York, J. Dausset, L. Legrand, M. H. Levine M. H., J. C. Quilice, M. Colombani, J. Ruffié), 1972 (Genetic Structure and Distribution of HL-A Antigens in a Basque village, in "Histocompatibility Testing", Copenhague, J. Ruffie, M. H. Levine, M. Blanc, P. Richard), 1972 (A New lmmunoglobulin haplotype Gm (-1, -17, 21) in a Kurdish isolate and in a French Basque village, M. H. Levine, J. Ruffie, H. Darrasse) and in 1973 (Basque Isolation: I A Hemaypological Survey of Basque Villages)

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