Orsanco

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Orsanco
Ostankoa
Orsanco (France)
Orsanco
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
Community association Pays Basque
Coordinates 43 ° 18 ′  N , 1 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 18 ′  N , 1 ° 4 ′  W
height 72-307 m
surface 9.35 km 2
Residents 110 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 12 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64120
INSEE code 64429

View of Orsanco from the Soyarza Chapel

Orsanco is a French municipality with 110 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the Bayonne arrondissement and the canton of Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre (until 2015: canton of Saint-Palais ).

The name of the municipality is Ostankoa in the Basque language . The residents are called Ostankoar accordingly .

geography

Orsanco is located approx. 50 km southeast of Bayonne in the historic Mixe ( Basque Amikuze ) region of the historic Lower Navarra region in the French part of the Basque Country .

Orsanco is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Beyrie-sur-Joyeuse Saint-Palais
Neighboring communities Uhart mixes
Lantabat Ostabat-Asme

Orsanco lies in the catchment area of ​​the Adour River . The Joyeuse , a tributary of the Bidouze , crosses the area of ​​the municipality together with its tributaries, the Pagardoyko Erreka and the Lapitchuta Erréka.

history

Three noble families determined the fate of the village in the Middle Ages . From the landlord family Ostankoa, which gave the municipality its name, three lines were derived, the families Etxezar, Zohueta and Gensanne. During the Huguenot Wars , which tore the whole of Navarre apart, the landlord Gensanne rebelled against his Queen Jeanne d'Albret , which put him in prison. The family's property was expropriated and transferred to the Montréal landlord family from Peyrehorade in what is now the Landes department. During the French Revolution , the church's properties were confiscated and the pastor was deported for refusing to take the oath on the civil constitution of the clergy .

Toponyms and mentions of Orsanco were:

  • Orsanchoe , Orsacoe , Orsahaco and Orzanquem (1119),
  • Orsacoe (1120, copy book of the Abbey of Saint-Jean de Sorde , p. 22),
  • Sanctus Martinus de Orzachoe (1160),
  • Orçacua (1264),
  • Orçacoa (1292),
  • Orçancoa (1349 and 1350),
  • Orquancoe (1513, documents from Pamplona ),
  • Orçanco (1750, map by Cassini ) and
  • Orsanco (1793 and 1801, Notice Communale and Bulletin des Lois, respectively ).

Population development

After a peak in the number of inhabitants of around 530 in the first half of the 19th century, the number fell to 86 inhabitants with short recovery phases until the 1970s, before a trend of moderate growth began.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2017
Residents 116 106 86 91 89 96 96 96 110
From 1962 official figures without residents with a secondary residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 2006, INSEE from 2009

Attractions

  • Parish church dedicated to Martin of Tours . Nothing remains of the original, undoubtedly Romanesque predecessor church. The current parish church dates from the 19th century. It has a bell tower above the entrance porch, a single nave nave and a flat apse , which is built high above a semi-underground sacristy . An outside staircase leads to the inner gallery on the south side . The baroque altarpiece inside the church dates from the 18th century. In the adjacent cemetery there are around 30 disc-shaped grave steles, called Hilarri , as well as graves with Navarra crosses. The Hilarri follow the pre-Christian tradition and do not always convey a Christian message. Some are between 50 cm and 60 cm in height and date from the 17th century, others are older and probably date from the 16th century. None of the steles give information about the name of the deceased, many at least have a date. The Navarra crosses, however, generally do not have any inscriptions. They differ mainly in their characteristic shape with a wide longitudinal bar and curved outlines.

Economy and Infrastructure

Ossau-Iraty

Agriculture has traditionally been one of the municipality's most important economic factors. Orsanco is located in the AOC zones of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally made 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 = 11

sport and freetime

An easy circular route of 7 km with a difference in altitude of 190 m leads from the center of the municipality through fields and forests, past the Fontaine de la Vierge spring and the Soyarce (or Soyarza) chapel .

traffic

Orsanco is crossed by Route départementale 78.

Web links

Commons : Orsanco  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lieux - toponymie: Ostankoa (Amikuze) ( fr ) euskaltzaindia . Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ Ma commune: Orsanco ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Orsanco ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 21, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  4. ^ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan: Nouvelle toponymie basque ( fr ) University of Bordeaux . P. 69. 2006. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. P. 127, 1863. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  6. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Notice Communale Orsanco ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  8. ↑ Populations légales 2014 Commune d'Orsanco (64429) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ Église Saint-Martin ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 21, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  10. ^ Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin ( fr ) Ministry of Culture and Communication . Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ Cimetière traditionnel d'Orsanco ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 21, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  12. ↑ Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher-un-produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  13. ↑ Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 d'Orsanco (64429) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  14. ↑ Circuit Soiartz à Orsanco ( fr ) Office de tourisme de Basse Navarre. Retrieved October 21, 2017.