Country France Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques Intercommunality Soule-Xiberoa Area 5.78 km² | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Tardets-Sorholus Population (2009) 274 Arrondissement Oloron-Sainte-Marie | |
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Alos-Sibas-Abense (Basque: Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
Contents
- Map of 64470 Alos Sibas Abense France
- Pastorale 2009 alos sibas abense
- Geography
- Hydrography
- Toponymy
- History
- Administration
- Until 1843
- Until 1859
- After 1859
- Intercommunality
- Demography
- Economy
- Civil heritage
- Religious heritage
- Environmental heritage
- Facilities
- References
Map of 64470 Alos-Sibas-Abense, France
It is located in the former province of Soule.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aloztar-Ziboztar-Oniztar
Pastorale 2009 alos sibas abense
Geography
Alos-Sibas-Abense is located some 90 km south-east of Bayonne and 80m km west of Lourdes. The D918 road runs down the eastern border of the commune, but does not enter. Access to the commune is on road D247 from Alcay-Alcabehety-Sunharette in the southwest which runs through the heart of the commune to the village. It then continues to the southeast linking with the D918 at Tardets-Sorholus. Most of the commune is farmland with some forest and it has a network of country roads covering most of the commune.
Hydrography
Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the Saison river passes along and forms the eastern border of the commune parallel with the D918 road. The Aphoura stream (18 km), which is fed by the Ardounc, the Batasse (10.1 km), the Laritolle, the Jaga, and the Uthurrotche erreka, flows near the village and to the Saisson.
Toponymy
The commune name in Basque is Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine.
The Basque form of Sibas can be Ziboz(e) or Ziborotz(e).
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan suggested that Abense came from a Roman phonetic change to the Basque Oniz > onise > oénse > auénse > abense. The base of the name is the oronym ona, also present in Bayonne and Oneix. The modern Basque form (Onizegañia, Onizegañe or Omiz(e)) are equivalent to "Upper" (gain(e)a > gañia).
Brigitte Jobbé-Duval suggests that Oniz is the name of a noble Basque family.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Sources:
Origins:
History
Sibas merged with Alos on 23 October 1843 to form Alos-Sibas. On 16 April 1859, following the annexation of part of the territory of Abense-de-Haut, the commune took the name of Alos-Sibas-Abense.
On the same day the commune of Abense-de-Haut disappeared, its territory being divided between Alos-Sibas and Tardets.
Administration
Lists of Successive Mayors of Alos-Sibas-Abense
Until 1843
Until 1859
After 1859
Intercommunality
The town is part of six intercommunal structures:
Demography
In 2009 the commune had 274 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.
Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)
Economy
Economic activity is mainly focused on agriculture (livestock and pasture). The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée zone of Ossau-iraty.
Civil heritage
Religious heritage
The Church of Abense contains a Processional Cross (15th century) which is registered as an historical object.
Environmental heritage
The common practices Controlled burns for prevention of forest fires.
Facilities
The town has an early childhood hub (Child care centre and a creche) and an Ikastola.