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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Canton
  
Iholdy

Area
  
5.32 km²

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Arrondissement
  
Bayonne

Intercommunality
  
Iholdi-Ostibarre

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Arhansus (Basque: Arhantsusi) is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

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Map of 64120 Arhansus, France

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arhantsusiar or Arhantsusitar.

Geography

Arhansus is located in the former basque province of Lower Navarre some 10 km south of Saint-Palais and 8 km north-east of Larceveau-Arros-Cibits. Access to the commune is solely by country roads with at least two country roads connecting the village to the D933 road from Larceveau-Arros-Cibrits to Uhart-Mixe which passes outside and parallel to the western border of the commune. The commune consists almost entirely of farmland with a few small patches of forest.

The Bidouze river forms the western border of the commune flowing north with two small streams rising in the commune and joining it. One stream is the northern border of the commune.

Toponymy

The commune's name in basque is Arhantsusi (or Arhantsuse). The name is based on the basque radical Arhan-, Arran- from where Arhantz is derived but the etymology "where blackthorn abounds" is uncertain.

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

Sources:

  • Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy
  • Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (French)
  • Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750

    • Origins:

  • Pamplona: Titles of Pamplona

    • Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Inter-communality

    Arhansus is part of seven inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of communes of Iholdi-Ostibarre;
  • the AEP association of Ostabaret;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for the single purpose of Oztibarre Garbi;
  • the inter-communal association for the development and management of the slaughterhouse at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port;
  • the association for the operation of schools in Ostibarret;
  • the association to support Basque culture.

    • Demography

    In 2009 the commune had 74 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

    Population Change (See database)

    Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

    Economy

    Economic activity is mainly agricultural. the commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

    Civil Heritage

    Several sites in Arhansus are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Protohistoric Camp at Castellu Cahara at an altitude of 361m
  • A second Protohistoric Camp at Portasanse.
  • Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)

    • Religious Heritage

    The Parish Church of Saint-Étienne (15th century) is registered as an historical monument.

    The Church

    References

    Arhansus Wikipedia
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