Hosta (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)
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Hosta Hozta |
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| region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne | |
| Canton | Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre | |
| Community association | Pays Basque | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 10 ′ N , 1 ° 5 ′ W | |
| height | 260-1,155 m | |
| surface | 17.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 80 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 5 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 64120 | |
| INSEE code | 64265 | |
 View of Hosta from the Pic de Belchou |
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Hosta is a French municipality with 80 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 name of the municipality is Hozta in the Basque language . The residents are called accordingly Hoztar .
geography
Hosta is located approx. 70 km southeast of Bayonne in the historical region of Ostabarret ( Basque Oztibarre ) in the historical region of Lower Navarra in the French part of the Basque Country .
The place is surrounded by the neighboring communities:
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Hosta lies in the catchment area of the Adour River . A tributary of the Bidouze , the Hosta ur Handia, as well as its tributary Lamissonéko Erreka, has its source in the municipality.
history
Settlement of the area since prehistory is documented in many places. On one of the mountains near the center of the village there is a parapet ring from early history . Writings on the community covering time since the Middle Ages were probably lost during the French Revolution .
Toponyms and mentions of Hosta were:
- sanctus peter de oste (1160),
- Oste (1306),
- Ozta (1350),
- Ozte (1365 and 1413),
- Oxta (1402, deeds of the Kingdom of Navarre),
- Hoste (1472, notaries from Labastide-Villefranche ),
- Osta (1513, documents from Pamplona ),
- Hoxta (1621, after Martin de Viscay) and
- Hosta (1750, map by Cassini ).
Population development
After the population peaked at over 350 in the first half of the 19th century, the number fell to less than 100 during short periods of recovery by the turn of the millennium. Since then there has been a certain stabilization at this level.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2009 | 2017 |
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| Residents | 186 | 162 | 135 | 122 | 95 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 80 |
Attractions
Parish church
It is dedicated to the apostle Simon Peter and its origins probably go back to the Middle Ages , because a church sanctus petrus de oste was mentioned in the Livre Rouge of the cathedral of Dax , a manuscript collection from the 11th and 12th centuries. The year 1732 in an inscription above the western entrance of the aisle shows the date of the first renovations. A second wave of the redesign concerned the bell tower with its helmet , window openings, the buttress , the entrance porch and the sacristy . The church was restored in the 20th century. The long building is made of sandstone , its facades partially plastered. To the west is the square bell tower, reinforced with buttresses, with arched windows. His octagonal, slate-roofed helmet is decorated with ridge turrets at the corners . The ground floor of the two-storey apse is interrupted by arcades , the sacristy is housed on the first floor with arched windows, which is accessible via an external brick staircase. The south aisle inside the church is separated from the main nave by two round arches.
The church has a sculpture that shows a dove as a sign of the Holy Spirit on a halo . The style and finish of the gilding allow the work to be dated between the 17th and 18th centuries.
The style of the altarpiece in the choir suggests that it was built in the 17th or 18th century. Above the tabernacle one can see a statue of the patron saint of the church, St. Peter, in an unadorned niche and without any decoration. He is shown in a sitting position with his right hand raised in blessing and two keys in his left hand. The first key on gilded wood appears to be original, while the second, made of metal, was added later. Its mantle is decorated with foliage on a matt background. According to classic iconography , he wears a miter and a pectoral on his chest. Two branches with foliage and two winding columns , so-called serpentine columns , the shafts of which are covered with vines, frame the statue of Peter. On the uppermost part of the altarpiece, the gable, God the Father appears , his arms spread out in reconciliation.
The door of the tabernacle, which is believed to be from the 17th century, is remarkably designed. A kneeling man, accompanied by a lamb, holds a cross. It is the representation of the good shepherd who leads his flock to eternal salvation. The lamb recalls the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham , but also the crucifixion of Christ , who redeemed people from sins.
Hosta cemetery
Old grave crosses and disc-shaped grave steles can be seen in the cemetery that surrounds the parish church. A grave cross dating from 1658 has the shape of a Greek cross with four arms of equal length. The year 1658 can be seen in a dotted circle on the widening base. Other decorative elements are too blurred to be identified with any certainty. Above the date a plow could be engraved , in the middle a cross, a rosette or a disk could be engraved. Grave crosses from the 17th century are still often found in Basque cemeteries. In the cemetery of Hosta there is a grave cross from 1669, which is registered as a national treasure.
One of the disc-shaped grave steles in the cemetery dates from 1561. Disc-shaped grave steles, a symbol of the transition from earthly to heavenly life, are made of stone and consist of a trapezoidal base and a round disc top. In this example, a cross decorated with lilies divides the disk into four sectors in which four individual rosettes are carved. On the lower part a double patterned rosette is engraved below the inscription with the year 1561.
An unusual grave cross made of gray stone from 1760 has a trapezoidal base like a disc-shaped grave stele. The short arms, slightly curved at their ends, are also reminiscent of a disk. The inscription on the head is barely legible. Below, at the level of the side arms, the words "DECEMBRIS 1760 RIPA" can be seen, the abbreviation for Requiescat in pace ( German peace in peace ). Finally, a Lauburu or Basque cross is engraved on the upper part of the foot .
Fixed house Jauregia
First mentions were made in 1306, 1365 and 1412 in the lists of households of the Kingdom of Navarre under the name sale dozte . The owner of the house and landlord of Hosta had access to the Kingdom's assembly of estates and accompanied King Charles II of Navarre on his campaign to Portugal. The construction with a square floor plan and walls with an average cross-section of one meter is characteristic of a permanent house that was supposed to ward off small enemy attacks. It could be that the building also had a tower on the south side. The first reconstruction, probably an extension, took place in 1744, as evidenced by an inscription on the lintel above the entrance. On the slightly reddish stone of the lintel, a rosette is engraved as a decoration above and left and right of the inscription. In the 19th century the house was converted into a farmhouse and restored in the 20th century.
Economy and Infrastructure
Agriculture is an important economic factor in the municipality, as is tourism, which benefits from the geographical location at the foot of the Pyrenees . Hosta is located in the AOC zones of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally produced semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk, as well as the pig breed and the ham "Kintoa".
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traffic
Hosta is surrounded by mountains and can only be reached via route départementale 168.
Web links
- Hosta on the website of the former community association
- Hosta on the Montagne Basque Tourist Office website (French)
- Website of the AOP Ossau-Iraty association (French)
- Filière Porc Basque website (French)
- Information on the “Kintoa” ham on the Montagne Basque Tourist Office website (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lieux - toponymie: Hozta (Oztibarre) ( fr ) euskaltzaindia . Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ Ma commune: Hosta ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ a b Hosta ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan: Nouvelle toponymie basque ( fr ) University of Bordeaux . S. 85. 2006. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 79, 1863. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ Notice Communale Hosta ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune d'Hosta (64265) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ église paroissiale Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Représentation de l'Esprit Saint ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Retable de l'église Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Statue de saint Pierre du retable de l'église Saint-Pierre ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Détail du tabernacle ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Croix de 1658 du cimetière de Hosta ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Stèle discoïdale de 1561 au cimetière d'Hosta ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Conseil régional d'Aquitaine: Croix de 1760 du cimetière de Hosta ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Maison forte Jauregia ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Regional Council of Aquitaine: Linteau de la maison forte Jauregia ( fr ) Visites en Aquitaine. Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ maison forte appelée Jauregia, actuellement ferme ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2014 Commune d'Hosta (64265) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved on June 17, 2017. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
