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Aldudes

Aldudes (French pronunciation: [aldyd]; Basque: Aldude) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre.

Geography

Location

The village Aldudes is part of Le Pays Quint[3] (Kintoa in Basque or Quinto Real in Spanish). The commune is an area of pasture belonging to Spain but cultivated by French farmers.

It is located in the Aldudes valley on the banks of the Nive des Aldudes in the Basque province of Lower Navarre. It is on the Spanish border some 20 km southwest of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port although it can not be directly accessed from there.

Access

Access is by the D948 road from Saint-Etienne-de-Baigorry in the north, which passes through the village then continues south to Urepel. The D58 road goes from the village through the length of the commune before continuing to Spain through Urepel commune. The Spanish border of Navarre forms the southwestern and northeastern borders of the commune.[4]

The village of Esnazu.

Hydrography

Located in the watershed of the Adour, Aldudes is traversed by the Nive d'Aldudes with its many tributaries, such as the Urbeltch Labiaringo erreka, the Aktieltako erreka, and numerous unnamed streams. Paul Raymond mentioned[5] the Autrin, a stream which rises in Aldudes and joins the Nive des Aldudes.

Localities and hamlets

Aldude sign

[10]

Toponymy

The name of the commune in Basque is Aldude. Aldudes was also the name given to the entire valley bordering the Baigorry Valley and the Spanish border.[5]

Jean-Baptiste Orpustan proposes the construction ald(a)-uhide meaning "the path beside the water".[11]According to Ernest Nègre however, the name Aldudes is a contraction of the basque Aldubide meaning "way to the summits" from the root aldu meaning "heights" and bide meaning "way".[12] The romanisation into Aldudes is actually a plural.

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Sources:

Origins:Camara: Titles of Camara de Comptos[13]

History

The commune originated in the 16th century when young noblemen of the Baigory family founded the village which, by the ancient Basque succession rule, reserved the legacy of the family house exclusively to the eldest child. The parish was established in 1793.[3]

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[15]

Inter-communality

The commune of Aldudes participates in five intercommunal organisations:

Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aldulais in French.[16]

Economy

Fish Farm

A fish farm is active on the road to Urepel.

Basque pig breeding is an activity in full revival in the Aldudes valley, under the leadership of the Technical Institute of Pork (ITP).

The commune hosts the Ets Pierre Oteiza company (gourmet pork products) which is one of the fifty top agribusinesses in the department.

It is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and heritage

Languages

According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces, published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, the dialect of Basque spoken in Aldudes is western Lower Navarrese dialect.

Laxoa

In 1952 the square in front of the church and the town hall was converted into a playing field for "laxoa". This ancient game of basque pelote is played with leather gloves.

At the entrance porch of the church is the target for the game.

Civil heritage

The commune contains a number of sites that are registered as historical monuments:

Other sites of interest

Religious Heritage

The commune has two religious sites that are registered as historical monuments:

Other religious sites of interest

Environmental heritage

Picture Gallery

Facilities

Education

The commune has a private primary school (Mendi-Alde).

Notable People linked to the commune

See also

Notes


References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c IA64000418 Presentation of the commune (in French)
  4. ^ Google Maps
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  6. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000403 Chapel of the Assumption (in French)
  7. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000455 Iguxkagerrea Farm (in French)
  8. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000454 Joalginenborda Farm (in French)
  9. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000456 Menementa Farm (in French)
  10. ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  11. ^ a b Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
  12. ^ Ernest Nègre, General Toponymy of France, Librairie Droz, 1990, ISBN 2 600 00133 6, No. 19228 (in French)
  13. ^ Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda - Diccionario de Antiguedades del reino de Navarra, 1840, Pamplona (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Guy Ascarat Archived November 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ List of Mayors of France
  16. ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  17. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000487 Houses and Farms (in French)
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000027 Retable and Statues (in French)
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000400 Parish Church of Notre-Dame (in French)
  21. ^ (in Spanish) Centenario de Euskaltzaleen Biltzarra[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ "Official website of Euskaltzaleen Biltzarra". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2013-08-22.

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