Aincille

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Aincille (Script error: No such module "IPA".;[2] Template:Langx; Template:Langx)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Geography

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A Wayside Cross in Aincille

Location

The town is part of Cize Country in the former Basque province of Lower Navarre.

It is located some 50 km south-east of Bayonne and 5 km southeast of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.

Access

The commune can be accessed by the D401 road from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the northwest to the village. From the village the D118 road goes north to join the D18 highway.[4]

Hydrography

Located in the drainage basin of the Adour, the northeastern border of the commune is marked by the Laurhibar river, which flows north to join the Nive north of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. A stream rises near the village and flows to the Laurhibar in the north-east. The Urtchipea rises in the south of the commune and flows northwest gathering many tributaries and joins the Nive de Beherobie at Saint-Michel. The Sassitako erreka rises southwest of the village and flows northwest joining the Laurhibar east of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.

Localities and hamlets

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  • Ahadoa
  • Aïntzilsarria
  • Bassaburua
  • Bentaberria
  • Berho
  • Chiramberroa
  • Esconda
  • Etcheverrigaraya
  • Gamaberria
  • Goyhenetchéa
  • Handiague
  • Harchilo
  • Jaureguia
  • Oilloquy
  • Pagola
  • Sahaby
  • Sotalda

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Toponymy

The commune name in basque is Aintzila meaning "hill of mud",[5] Aintzila[6] or Aintzil-Harrieta.[7]

Jean-Baptiste Orpustan wrote the name of the commune in the form Aïncille. He also indicated that in Basque the inhabitants are referred to as Aintzildar.[6]

The following table details the origins of the commune name.

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Aincille Aincibiu 1264 Mérimée Village
Aincibiu 1309 Orpustan
Ancivil 1291 Orpustan
Ancivil 1292 Mérimée
Ancil 1304 Mérimée
Ancil 1344 Orpustan
Ançill 1307 Mérimée
Ançill 1307 Orpustan
Ancibiu 1350 Mérimée
Ancibiu 1350 Orpustan
Aincile 18th century Raymond
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Intendance
Ancille 1801 Cassini Bulletin des lois

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Origins:

  • Intendance: Intendance of Pau[9]

History

Part of Aincille territory next to the communes of Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan, Bustince-Iriberry, Çaro, Lecumberry, Mendive, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, and Saint-Michel, was taken on 11 June 1842 to form of the commune of Estérençuby.[10]

Heraldry

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Administration

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The Town Hall

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From To Name
1995 2008 Jean Françaistéguy
2008 2026 Gilbert Oçafrain

Inter-communality

The commune belongs to six intercommunal structures:

  • the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
  • the AEP association of Ainhice
  • the energy association for Pyrenees-Atlantiques
  • the intercommunal association for the development and management of the slaughterhouse at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
  • the joint association for the watershed of the Nive
  • the association to support Basque culture.

Population

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aintzildars.[12]

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Aincille War Memorial

Economy

The town is part of the production area of Irouléguy AOC and the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Economic activity is mainly agricultural.

Aincille had long received saline (saline of Ugarré) since the 17th century and had the distinction of being a corporation with ownership of twenty-nine old houses of the town[13] and was reunited with the royal domain in 1683.

Culture and heritage

Languages

According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, the dialect of Basque spoken in Aincille is Eastern Low Navarrese.

Civil heritage

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Aincille Cemetery Cross

The commune has several sites that are registered as historical monuments:

Religious Heritage

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Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist

The commune has several religious sites that are registered as historical monuments:

Church Picture Gallery
Stained Glass

See also

References

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  3. AINTZILLA, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia Template:In lang
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  6. a b c Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, Template:ISBN Template:In lang
  7. Pierre Lhande, Dictionary basque-French, Éditions Beauchène, 1 April 1997, Template:ISBN Template:In lang
  8. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Template:In lang
  9. Titles of the intendance of Pau - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
  10. Template:In lang Article on Estérençuby in the Encyclopedia Auñamendi
  11. List of Mayors of France
  12. Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  13. Philippe Veyrin, The Basques, Arthaud, 1975, Template:ISBN, page 23. Template:In lang
  14. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang
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External links

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