Arzacq-Arraziguet

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Arzacq-Arraziguet (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

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Entry to Arzacq-Arraziguet.
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Exit from Arzacq-Arraziguet on the D32

Arzacq-Arraziguet is located in the north-east of the department and of Béarn, 30 km north of Pau and 40 km south of Mont-de-Marsan. The northern and north-eastern border of the commune is the border between the departments of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Landes. Access to the commune is by the D944 road from Méracq in the south passing through the town and continuing north to Samadet. The D946 road comes from Morlanne in the west passing through the length of the commune and the town and continuing east to join the D834 just south of Garlin. The D246 branches off the D946 in the centre of the commune and goes north-west to join the D45 north of Piets-Plasence-Moustrou. The commune is mostly farmland but with many forests mainly towards the west.[2]

The Louts river passes through the commune from south-east to north-west where it continues north-west to eventually join the Adour on the border of the commune of Préchacq-les-Bains. The Arriou river rises in the south of the commune and flows north-west parallel to the Louts joining it north of the commune. The Luy de France forms the south-western border of the commune as it flows north-west to eventually join the Luy north of Castel-Sarrazin.[2]

Places and Hamlets

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  • L'Abattoir
  • Barot
  • Borde
  • La Borde
  • Brioulou
  • Castéra
  • Castetber[3]
  • Chatou
  • Collongues
  • Couillet
  • Coutet
  • Cruhot[4]
  • Cussou
  • Gaillat
  • Gariman
  • Gibardéou[5]
  • Glesia[6]
  • Gouaillard
  • Higuères
  • Hournas
  • Jouanlanne
  • Labère[7]
  • Labus
  • Lacoste
  • Lafitte (two places)
  • Lafounta
  • Lafume
  • Lahon
  • Lanot
  • Larribaou
  • Lasterrières
  • Laulhé
  • Lhamounet
  • Licorne
  • Loué
  • Loustalet
  • Massou
  • Millet
  • Nabailh
  • Naude
  • Ninot
  • Piarrot
  • Pifre
  • Pigat
  • Pountet
  • Pouy
  • Rouquet
  • Roux
  • Salles[8]
  • Sicut
  • Sobole
  • Ten
  • Tristan[9]
  • Vialé[6][10]

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Neighbouring communes and villages

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Toponymy

The name Arraziguet appears in the form:

Michel Grosclaude[13] indicated that the origin of the name is arrasic ("root" in Gascon), with the collective suffix -etum added giving "cluster of roots or stumps".

The name Arzacq appears in the forms:

Lo marcat d'Arsac (1542,[15] Reformation of Béarn B. 736[16]), at which time it came to Soule and Lower Navarre,

Its name in béarnais is Arsac. The name is of Gallo-Roman origin - the name of a former owner ("Domain of Arsius").[13][18]

Cherre was a hamlet in Arzacq, mentioned by the dictionary of 1863.[19]

The name Vialé appears in the form Le Vialé in the 1863 dictionary.[10]

History

On 14 and 15 October 1620, Louis XIII stopped in Arzacq on his way to Pau. The two aldermen of the town were then Pierre Dubern and Dominique de Meylon.

In 1790 the Canton of Arzacq comprised the same communes as today except the village of Riumayou, but including the commune of Momas.

Arraziguet was merged with Arzacq on 7 September 1845.[20]

Heraldry

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Administration

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View in the town

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1995 2020 Henri Fam
2020 2026 Jean-Pierre Crabos

Inter-communality

The commune is part of three inter-communal structures:[22]

  • the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn;
  • the AEP association of Arzacq;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;

Twinning

Arzacq-Arraziguet has twinning associations with:[23]

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arzacquois or Arzacquoises in French.[24]

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Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

The Gallo-Roman period in the commune was the subject of a study by the Ministry of Culture.[6]

There are many buildings in Arzacq-Arraziguet of many types which are registered as historical monuments. These are:

The Town Hall has a painting by Paul Mirat depicting the arrival of Louis XIII at Arzacq on 14 October 1620 which is registered as an historical object.File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg[38]

There is a Museum of Ham in Arzacq which traces the history of Bayonne ham.

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint-Pierre (19th century)File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg[39] is registered as a historical monument.

The church contains many items which are registered as historical objects. These are:

Arzacq-Arraziguet is a stage on the via Podiensis (or Way of Puy), one of the modern paths on the Way of St. James from Puy-en-Velay and continues to the Roncesvalles Pass and from there to Santiago de Compostela. This is why the blazon of the town has three escallops.

Environmental heritage

The town has a lake and two marked trails, one of which is labelled sentiers d'Émilie.[51]

Facilities

Education

The commune has an elementary school[52] and a college.[53] Arzacq also has a training establishment and a maternal assistance clinic.

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Damien Catalogne, born at Arzacq in 1856 and died at Arzacq in 1934, was a French politician.
  • Georges Visat, born on 2 January 1910, at Foce Di Mela (Corsica) and died on 2 February 2001 at Arzacq-Arraziguet, was an engraver, art editor, and French painter.

See also

External links

References

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  9. ↑ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang
  10. ↑ a b Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 173 Template:In lang
  11. ↑ Géoportail, IGN Template:In lang
  12. ↑ Template:Cassini-Ehess
  13. ↑ a b c d e f Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, Template:ISBN Template:In lang
  14. ↑ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
  15. ↑ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011, p. 14 Template:In lang
  16. ↑ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
  17. ↑ Cassini Map 1750 - Arzac
  18. ↑ History page on the Town Hall website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
  19. ↑ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, p. 49 Template:In lang
  20. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée
  21. ↑ List of Mayors of France Template:In lang
  22. ↑ Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 2 April 2012 Template:In lang
  23. ↑ National Commission for Decentralised cooperation Template:In lang
  24. ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
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  50. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Palissy Template:Palissy Template:In lang
  51. ↑ Tourism page on the commune website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
  52. ↑ Elementary School on the commune website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang
  53. ↑ College of Arzacq on the commune website Template:Webarchive Template:In lang

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