Arrayou-Lahitte

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Arrayou-Lahitte
Arrayou-Lahitte (France)
Arrayou-Lahitte
region Occitania
Department Hautes-Pyrénées
Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost
Canton Lourdes-2
Community association Agglomération Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées
Coordinates 43 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 6 ′  N , 0 ° 2 ′  E
height 393-699 m
surface 4.81 km 2
Residents 107 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 22 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 65100
INSEE code 65247

View of the center of Arrayou-Lahitte

Arrayou-Lahitte is a French commune with 107 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region (before 2016: Midi-Pyrénées ). The municipality belongs to the Argelès-Gazost arrondissement and the Lourdes-2 canton (until 2015: Lourdes-Est canton ).

The inhabitants are called Lahittois and Lahittoises .

geography

Arrayou-Lahitte is located about eight kilometers east of Lourdes in its catchment area ( Aire urbaine ) in the historic province of Bigorre .

Arrayou-Lahitte is surrounded by the six neighboring communities:

Escoubès-Pouts Orincles
Gez-ez-Angles Neighboring communities Astugue
Arrodets-ez-Angles Ossun-ez-Angles

Arrayou-Lahitte lies in the catchment area of the Adour River . The Litor and the Géline, tributaries of the Échez , cross the territory of the commune.

history

The former parishes of Arrayou and Lahitte were merged on January 1, 1965 to form Arrayou-Lahitte.

Mayor's office ( Mairie ) of Arrayou-Lahitte
Wayside cross

Toponymy

The Occitan name of the community is Arrajon-Era Hita. The etymon of the place name Arrayou is the Latin radium with the suffix onem ( German  sun ray ), which was transferred to the gascognic arrajon ( German  sunny place ), a reference to the geographical location on a sunny mountain slope. The name Lahitte has its origin in the Gascognischen hita ( German  erected stone, boundary stone ).

Toponyms and mentions of Arrayou were:

  • De Raio (1313, Debita regi Navarre tax list),
  • De Rayoo (1342, Tarbes Parish Register ),
  • de Arrayoo (1379, Procuration Tarbes),
  • Arrayon and Arrayo (1429, County Bigorre Census),
  • Arrayon (1750, map by Cassini ),
  • Arrayoo (1760, Tarbes parish register),
  • Arrajou (1790, Department 2)
  • Arrayon (1793 and 1801, Notice Communale and Bulletin des lois, respectively ).

Toponyms and mentions of Lahitte were:

  • de la Fite (12th or 13th century and 1285, copial book of the Viscounts of Lavedan , called livre vert de Bénac , or census of the nobility in Bigorre),
  • De Fita (1313, Debita regi Navarre tax list),
  • De Fita (1342 and 1379, parish registers of Tarbes and Procuration Tarbes),
  • Lafita , La Fite and Lafite (1429, County Bigorre Census),
  • A Lafita (1541, ADPA, B 1010),
  • Lahitte ez Angles (1736, church records ),
  • La Hitte (1750, map by Cassini),
  • Lahitte (1793 and 1801, Notice Communale and Bulletin des lois ),
  • Lahitte-ez-Angles (1957, Notice Communale ).

Population development

After the records began, the population rose to a peak of around 350 by the middle of the 19th century. In the following period, the size of the community fell to around 85 inhabitants with short recovery phases by the 1990s, before a phase of moderate growth began. that continues today.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011 2017
Residents 106 98 84 87 83 93 95 101 107
Until 1962 only residents of Lahitte, from 1968 of Arrayou-Lahitte
From 1962 official figures without residents with second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2011

Attractions

Parish Church of Saint Martin

Parish Church of Saint Martin in Arrayou

Its bell gable is reinforced by a supporting pillar . The church is undoubtedly of ancient origin, but has received numerous renovations over the centuries. The walls of the entrance portal are provided with inscriptions. On the left is the name Dulac, on the right that of Moulié. These are the names of the mayors who carried out the renovation of the building. The interior of the church hides a small altarpiece from the 18th century with two angel statuettes missing. In the tabernacle there is a statue of Mary with baby Jesus , restored, 2014. It is framed by two statuettes depicting the patron saint of the church, Saint Martin of Tours and John the Baptist . The sacristy was restored in 1989.

Parish Church of Saint-Michel

Parish church of Saint-Michel in Lahitte

The church was restored in the 18th and 19th centuries. The bell tower above the porch was built in 1912. In the rear part of the building, a small Christ monogram and a stone with an engraved scallop shell and the year "1731" from the earlier church are built into the wall outside. The floor inside the church was restored in 2014. Numerous votive plaques and memorial plaques decorate the gallery .

Economy and Infrastructure

Noir de Bigorre ham

Arrayou-Lahitte is located in the AOC zones of the Porc noir de Bigorre pig breed and the Jambon noir de Bigorre ham .

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 11

traffic

Arrayou-Lahitte is crossed by Route départementale 98.

Web links

Commons : Arrayou-Lahitte  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hautes-Pyrénées ( fr ) habitants.fr. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ Aire urbaine de Lourdes (242) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ Ma commune: Arrayou-Lahitte ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ Commune d'Arrayou-Lahitte (65247) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ Arrayou-Lahitte ( fr ) Hautes-Pyrénées department. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  6. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  7. ↑ Notice Communale Arrayou ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  8. ↑ a b Notice Communale Arrayou-Lahitte ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  9. ↑ Populations légales 2016 Commune d'Arrayou-Lahitte (65247) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  10. ↑ ARRAYOU (-LAHITTE) ( fr ) Patrimoines Lourdes Gavarnie. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  11. ↑ (ARRAYOU) -LAHITTE ( fr ) Patrimoines Lourdes Gavarnie. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  12. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  13. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune d'Arrayou-Lahitte (65247) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved September 20, 2019.