Roquiague

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Roquiague
Arrokiaga
Roquiague (France)
Roquiague
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton Montagne Basque
Community association Pays Basque
Coordinates 43 ° 12 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  W
height 191-567 m
surface 10.44 km 2
Residents 119 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 11 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 64130
INSEE code

Parish Church of Sainte-Catherine

Roquiague is a French municipality with 119 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2016: Aquitaine ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the canton of Montagne Basque (until 2015: canton of Mauléon-Licharre ).

The name in the Basque language is Arrokiaga . The inhabitants are called accordingly Arrokiagatar .

geography

Roquiague is about 30 km west of Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the historic province of Soule in the French part of the Basque Country .

Roquiague is surrounded by the neighboring communities:

Mauléon-Licharre Chéraute
Gotein-Libarrenx
Menditte
Neighboring communities Barcus
Sauguis-Saint-Etienne

Roquiague is located in the river Adour catchment area .

The Lausset , also called Locé, a tributary of the Gave d'Oloron , crosses the territory of the municipality together with its tributaries, the Ruisseau Bassagaits and the Ruisseau Ascania.

history

Roquiague was known in the Middle Ages for its priory of the Diocese of Oloron , which received pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela .

Toponyms and mentions of Roquiague were:

  • Aroquiaga and Aroquiague (1478 and 1495, contracts from Ohix, notary from Soule, sheets 17 and 79) and
  • Roquiague (1750, 1793 and 1801, map from Cassini , Notice Communale and Bulletin des Lois, respectively ).

Population development

After a peak of around 350 inhabitants in the first half of the 19th century, the number of inhabitants has fallen back to this day with brief phases of recovery.

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2009 2017
Residents 155 157 167 150 130 127 124 123 119
From 1962 official figures excluding residents with a second residence
Sources: EHESS / Cassini until 1999, INSEE from 2006

Attractions

  • Parish church dedicated to Catherine of Alexandria . It was built in connection with the priory in the Middle Ages. The church was probably built after the pilgrims' hostel in order to offer pilgrims a place of worship during their rest. The visible damage to the building suggests that the church was devastated in the Huguenot Wars in the 16th century . The bell gable of today's church has a tourelle as an attachment. As with most buildings in the Soule, the roof is steeply sloping. Several grave slabs are set into the ground in the porch, old Christian grave crosses stand on the wall. In the Basque tradition, each house had its place for a burial place in the parish church. All members of the house were buried there and a grave slab called jarleku was the place where the bereaved could mourn. The respected people of a community were given an individual grave on the church wall or in the entrance, as in this case. This mainly affected priests, notables and nobles. In 1786 the Bishop of Bayonne prohibited this practice, but it took several decades for all Basques to obey this decree . The interior of the church has a gallery on one level with several rows of pews, which can be reached from an interior and an exterior staircase. As is customary in all churches in the Basque Country, men and women are separated during a mass . That is why most of the churches have at least one gallery, the places of which are reserved for men, while women sit on the ground floor. This is made entirely of wood in a sober style. The altarpiece is made of gilded wood and has three levels with wings at the ends. It is richly decorated with bas-reliefs , statuettes , heads of cherubins and plant ornaments . The Tabernacle is integrated, as in most cases, directly into the altarpiece. The whole thing is protected by a crucifix in the middle. The church has a painting depicting St. Catherine. She carries the martyr's palm in her hand . She stands upright on pieces of wood and cutting tools, alluding to her torture and beheading. A halo above her head emphasizes her holiness.

Economy and Infrastructure

Ossau-Iraty

Agriculture has traditionally been one of the municipality's most important economic factors. Nevertheless, the community tries to develop tourism. Roquiague is located in the AOC zones of Ossau-Iraty , a traditionally produced Osserain-Rivareyte semi-hard cheese made from sheep's milk, as well as the pig breed and ham "Kintoa".

Active workplaces by industry on December 31, 2015
total = 14

traffic

Roquiague can be reached via route départementale 24, from which route départementale 624 leads to the center of the municipality.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Lieux - toponymie Arrokiaga (Arbaila Handia (-a)) ( fr ) euskaltzaindia . Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  2. Ma commune: Roquiague ( fr ) Système d'Information sur l'Eau du Bassin Adour Garonne. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  3. a b Roquiague ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. 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 November 16, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  4. ^ Paul Raymond: Dictionnaire topographique du département des Basses-Pyrénées ( fr ) In: Dictionnaire topographique de la France . Imprimerie nationale. S. 144, 1863. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  5. ^ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection France 1750 ( en ) David Rumsey Map Collection: Cartography Associates. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  6. a b Notice Communale Roquiague ( fr ) EHESS . Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  7. Populations légales 2006 Commune de Roquiague (64468) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  8. Populations légales 2014 Commune de Roquiague (64468) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  9. Église Sainte-Catherine ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. 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 November 16, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  10. Dalles funéraires dans le porche de l'église Sainte-Catherine ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. 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 November 16, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  11. Tribune de l'église Sainte-Catherine ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. 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 November 16, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  12. ^ Retable de l'église Sainte-Catherine ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. 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 November 16, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  13. ^ Tableau de sainte Catherine ( fr ) visites.aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. 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 November 16, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / visites.aquitaine.fr
  14. Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité: Rechercher un produit ( fr ) Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité . Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  15. Caractéristiques des établissements en 2015 Commune de Roquiague (64468) ( fr ) INSEE . Retrieved November 16, 2017.