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Armendarits
Armendaritz
Arms of Armendarits
Armendarits (France)
Poor charity
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
Community association Pays Basque
Coordinates 43 ° 18 ′  N , 1 ° 10 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 18 ′  N , 1 ° 10 ′  W
height 99-403 m
surface 17.27 km 2
Residents 405 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 23 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64640
INSEE code 64046

City Hall of Armendarits

Armendarits is a French municipality with 405 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . The municipality belongs to the Arrondissement of Bayonne and the canton of Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre (until 2015: canton of Iholdy ).

The residents are called Armendariztar . The name in the Basque language is accordingly Armendaritze .

geography

Armendarits is located about 40 kilometers southeast of Bayonne in the French part of the Basque Country in the historical province of Lower Navarra .

The community is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Armendarits located in the catchment area of the river Adour and is crossed by the Joyeuse (and its tributaries, Azkongaratéko erreka and Ossinako erreka) and from Lihoury , on the upper reaches still Errekahandia called, and its tributary Itharté.

history

The place name appears in the scriptures in the form of Armandary in 1249 . Paul Raymond, archivist and historian of the 19th century, noted the mention under the name Armendariz in connection with the church of Sancta Maria de Armendariz in 1256 in the Bayonne copial book .

coat of arms

Arms of Armendarits

The coat of arms of the aristocratic family Armendarits, which appeared in the documents for the first time in 1256, was adopted by the municipality for the whole town in 2002. According to Guy Ascarat , heraldist and historian, it can be interpreted as follows.

The castle symbolizes security and protection, but also wealth and power. Generally speaking, the cows speak to maternal strength and fertility, but also to the productivity and abundance of the earth.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2014
Residents 446 420 396 386 372 357 376 381 403
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

Saint-Pierre Church of Armendarits
  • Church of Saint-Pierre von Armendarits, today dedicated to the apostle Simon Peter . Nothing of the church built in the Middle Ages and consecrated to Mary, Mother of Jesus has survived the centuries. In the 17th and 18th centuries, today's church was extensively rebuilt, enlarged and decorated with a wall painting. In the middle of the 19th century and again in the 20th century, the building was restored and now offers an interior typical of rural churches in the Basque Country. The nave is surmounted by two-storey wooden galleries along the west, north and south walls, which can be reached via internal stairs. The seats in the galleries are traditionally reserved for men, the women sit on the pews in the nave. The choir singing is performed by male choirs from the stands. On the side facing the congregation, the altar shows three scenes from the life of Jesus Christ . In the middle, Jesus and his apostles are shown celebrating the Last Supper , on the left the resurrection of Jesus Christ , on the right Jesus' appearance to the apostle Thomas , who initially doubted the resurrection of Jesus. The ability to create these realistic representations is one of the effects of the decisions made at the Council of Trent in the 16th century. In this context, the 18th century altarpiece should also be seen, depicting the main characters of the Catholic Church in a baroque style that is widespread in Lower Navarre. The painting in the center shows the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in divine light, her arm and her gaze directed upwards. God the Father looks down from above, a scepter in his left hand, a globe with a cross in his right. From two side niches, Peter, recognized by his keys, and Paul of Tarsus , recognized by the sword by which he is supposed to be executed, look down on the community. On the lower part of the altarpiece, paintings on both sides of the tabernacle depict events from the Bible .
  • Outside the center of the village, in the Jauregia district, there is a manor house, which was mentioned as domus de armendaridz as early as 1256 in the possession of the aristocratic Armendarits family . In 1585 it became the property of the Montréal family. In 1634 the title of nobility was raised to a baronate and this new title was the reason to rebuild a large part of the building, so that nothing remains of the original manor house. In the first half of the 19th century the castle was at least a sideline in world history. Carlos María Isidro de Borbón protested against his niece's appointment to the Spanish throne and instigated a civil war, the so-called First Carlist War, which lasted between 1833 and 1839. During this time, Don Carlos found refuge in this castle again and again. It was uninhabited for a long time afterwards and was restored in the 20th century.
“Nieder-Navarra-Haus” in Armendarits
  • Lower Navarre House. This house shows the most important features of a typical house in Lower Navarre. The entrance door is surrounded by ashlar stones so that the entrance as a whole has the shape of a bottle. In the lintel above one of the windows, the date 1634 and the names of the owners, "Pedro eta Maria Ainciondo", are carved on gray rock. A cross in the middle is reminiscent of the disk-shaped grave stelae found in most cemeteries in the Basque Country. Timber framework can be seen in many houses in Lower Navarre, always at the height of the first floor, rarely across the entire width of the facade , usually on one of the sides, as in this house, or in the center. The windows are kept relatively small.
  • Fortified camp from prehistory , on the 334 m high Elhigna hill on the eastern edge of the municipality.

Economy and Infrastructure

Armendarits is located in the AOC areas of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally produced semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk, as well as the pig breed and the ham "Kintoa".

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 54

traffic

Armendarits is connected to the Routes départementales 8, 245, 300 and 408.

Personalities

Bernard Renau d'Elicagaray (February 2, 1652 - September 30, 1719), born in Armendarits, engineer and officer in the French Navy under King Louis XIV. In 1689 he wrote the “Theory about the control of sailing ships” (French  De la théorie de la manœuvre des vaisseaux ) and developed the Bombarde , a special type of warship.

Web links

Commons : Armendarits  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lieux - toponymy: Armendaritze (Arberoa) ( fr ) Royal Academy of the Basque Language . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Armendarits ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  3. ^ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan: Nouvelle toponymie basque ( fr ) University of Bordeaux . S. 113. 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  4. ^ Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 10. 1863. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ Guy Ascarat: Armorial Communes Basques ( fr ) Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ Notice Communale Armendarits ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  7. ↑ Populations légales 2006 Commune d'Armendarits (64046) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  8. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune d'Armendarits (64046) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  9. ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  10. ^ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Eglise Notre-Dame ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  11. ^ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Tribune de l'église Notre-Dame ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  12. ↑ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Autel de l'église Notre-Dame ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  13. ^ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Retable de l'église Notre-Dame ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  14. ↑ manoir Jauregia, actuellement ferme ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  15. ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Manoir Jauregia ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Maison de Basse-Navarre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  17. ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Linteau sur la maison de Basse-Navarre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  18. ↑ géoportail ( fr ) Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière . Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  19. ↑ Actimage: Fiche produit. In: inao.gouv.fr. Retrieved February 4, 2019 (French).
  20. ^ Dossier complet - Commune d'Armendarits (64046) - Insee. In: insee.fr. Retrieved February 4, 2019 (French).