Audaux
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Audaux (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
Audaux is located some 18 km south of Orthez and 6 km north-west of Navarrenx. Access to the commune is by the D27 road from Bugnein in the south-east passing through the south of the commune and the village and continuing to Laàs in the west. The D427 branches off the D27 in the commune and goes to Castetbon in the north. The D947 highway passes through the north of the commune as it goes from Bastanès in the south-east to Orthez. Apart from the village there is the hamlet of Geup west of the village and Lacamoire in the north of the commune on the D947. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with most of the land area farmland.[2]
The Gave d'Oloron forms all of the south-western border as it flows north-west to join the Gave de Pau forming the Gaves réunis at Peyrehorade. The Barthes forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows south to join the Gave d'Oloron. The Ruisseau de Labaigt flows south through the centre of the commune and through Geap to join the Gave d'Oloron. The Saleys river flows across the north of the commune from east to west and it continues north-west to join the Gave d'Oloron east of Saint-Pé-de-Léren.[2]
Places and hamlets
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- Andréou (ruins)
- Anglade
- Arées[3]
- Aureyte (fountain)
- Baherle
- Bendéjac
- Camous
- Camp des Maures
- Capdeville
- Les Carrérasses
- Casenave
- Castet
- Coos
- Coustet
- L'Esquille
- Geup
- Hountet
- Hourpélat
- Hourquabillé
- Hourracq
- Laborde
- Lacamoire
- Lafouillère
- Lalanne
- Mirassou
- Le Moulin
- La Pépinière
- Perdigué
- Puyalou
- Saut
- Les Vignes
Neighbouring communes and villages
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Toponymy
The name in Bearnese is Audaus. Michel Grosclaude proposed a possible etymology from Aldene, an Aquitanian male name, with the suffix -os.[5]
The following table details the origins of the names in the commune:
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audaux | Aldeos | 11th century | Grosclaude | Village | ||
| Aldaus | 11th century | Raymond | 16 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Marca | ||
| Audaus | 1178 | Raymond | 16 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Duchesne | ||
| Sent Bisentz d'Audaus | 1612 | Raymond | 16 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Insinuations | ||
| Audaux | 1750 | Grosclaude | Cassini | |||
| Andaux | 1801 | Cassini | Bulletin des lois | |||
| Arées | Arees | 1385 | Raymond | 9 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Census | Farm |
| Arès | 1863 | Raymond | 9 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| La Camoire | Lo molin de La Camoere | 1571 | Raymond | 39 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reformation | Hamlet |
| Conques | Los Conquees | 1476 | Raymond | 52 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Castetner | Hamlet & Fief dependent on the bailiwick of Larbaig and vassal of the Marquis of Gassion |
| Conquez | 1686 | Raymond | 52 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reformation | ||
| Conquetz | 1728 | Raymond | 52 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Gassion | ||
| Coos | Lo Cos | 1385 | Raymond | 52 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Census | Farm |
| Les Marsains | Los Marsains | 1289 | Raymond | 109 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Camptort | Fief dependent on the Marquis of Gassion |
| Los Marsanhs | 1376 | Raymond | 109 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Military | ||
| Los Marssaynz | 1540 | Raymond | 109 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reformation | ||
| Les Marsans | 1683 | Raymond | 109 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Reformation | ||
| Marsoinx | 1719 | Raymond | 109 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Enumeration | ||
| Marseings | 1728 | Raymond | 109 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Gassion |
Sources:
- Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Template:In lang[5]
- Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Template:In lang[3]
- Cassini: Template:Cassini-Ehess
Origins:
- Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.[6]
- Duchesne: Duchesne collection volume CXIV[7]
- Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron[8]
- Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750[9]
- Census: Census of Béarn[10]
- Reformation: Reformation of Béarn[11]
- Castetner: Notaries of Castetner[12]
- Gassion: Enumeration of Gassion[13]
- Camptort: Titles of Camptort[14]
- Military: Military Inspection of Béarn[15]
- Enumeration: Enumeration of Audaux[13]
History
Paul Raymond noted on page 16 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 the commune depended on the bailiwick of Navarrenx and had 84 fires. Audaux was dependent of the Marquis of Gassion.[3]
Administration
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| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2014 | Marc Leprat |
| 2014 | 2020 | Charlette Laborde |
| 2020 | 2026 | Kattalin Quentin |
Inter-communality
The commune is part of eight inter-communal structures:
- the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves;
- the AEP association of Navarrenx;
- the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
- the association for promotion of Navarrenx;
- the association for schools in Gaveausset;
- the inter-communal association for sanitation Audaux - Bugnein 2 AB;
- the inter-communal association for the Gaves and the Saleys river;
- the joint oak forest association for the basque and bearnais valleys;
Demography
In 2017 the commune had 164 inhabitants.
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Audaux has a very high proportion of non-permanent population (e.g. pupils in boarding schools): 31% (73 of 237) as of 2017.[17] This is due to the private boarding school of Sainte-Bernadette having 110 students boarding there.
Economy
Economic activity in the commune is mainly agricultural. The commune lies in the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.
Culture and heritage
Since 1991 the village has held a rally of hot air balloons on the second weekend in July.
Civil heritage
The commune has one building that is registered as a historical monument:
- The Chateau of Audaux (1659).Template:Mérimée Icon[18] Since 1943 the chateau has belonged to the Foundation of Apprentices of Auteuil who have established a private scholastic institution called DSainte-Bernadette. Although it is a private castle, it can be visited with a historian guide during Heritage Day on the 2nd Sunday in September, on open days for the institution in late May, and during the "Castle Festival" in mid-July.
Facilities
Education
The commune has an elementary school as well as the private institution of Sainte-Bernadette which has a college, a professional school, and a masonry apprenticeship unit.[19]
Notable people linked to the commune
- Isaac de Porthau, called Porthos, was a French military man born at Pau on 2 February 1617. He was the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas for the fictitious character Porthos in his novel The Three Musketeers. He came from a Béarnais Protestant family originally from Audaux.
See also
External links
- Audaux Commune website Template:In lang
- Audaux on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Template:In lang
- Audaux on the 1750 Cassini Map
References
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- ↑ a b c Google Maps
- ↑ a b c Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Template:In lang
- ↑ Géoportail, IGN Template:In lang
- ↑ a b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, Template:ISBN Template:In lang
- ↑ Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn
- ↑ Duchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian - Bibliothèque nationale de France
- ↑ Manuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ Cassini Map 1750 - Asson
- ↑ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ Notaries of Castetner - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ a b Manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ Titles of Camptort in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ Manuscript from 1376 in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:In lang
- ↑ List of Mayors of France Template:In lang
- ↑ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Template:Mérimée Template:In lang
- ↑ Sainte-Bernadette School page on the Apprentices of Auteuil website Template:In lang
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