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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Intercommunality
  
Sauveterre-de-Béarn

Area
  
5.87 km²

Arrondissement
  
Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Sauveterre-de-Béarn

Population (2010)
  
173

Local time
  
Friday 1:18 AM

Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren

Weather
  
11°C, Wind E at 5 km/h, 74% Humidity

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Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Contents

Map of 64390 Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren, France

Geography

Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren is located some 20 km south-west of Orthez and 9 km north-east of Saint-Palais. Access to the commune is by road D936 from Abitain in the north which passes through the length of the commune and the village then continues east. The D246 goes west from the village to join the D134 west of the commune. The D140 goes south from the village to Osserain-Rivareyte. The west of the commune is mostly forest while the east is mostly farmland.

The Gave d'Oloron forms the north-western border of the commune as it flows north-west to join the Gave de Pau forming the Gaves réunis at Peyrehorade. The Saison flows through the commune from the south-west and joins the Gave d'Oloron on the north-western border.

Toponymy

The name Autevielle in béarnais is Autivièla.

The name Bideren in béarnais is Vidèren.

For the name Autevielle Michel Grosclaude proposed two Latin origins: alta villa ("high town") or Altina villa ("Domain of Altinus").

For the name Bideren Michel Grosclaude proposed a probable origin of the man's name Vital with the gascon suffix -enh.

For the name Saint-Martin Michel Grosclaude indicated that it undoubtedly came from the Bishop of Tours - Martin of Tours.

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

Sources:

  • Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (French)
  • Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (French)
  • Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
  • EHESS: Bideren page on the EHESS Cassini website

    • Origins:

  • Chapter: Chapter of Autevielle
  • Census: Census of Béarn
  • Contracts: Contracts retained by Carresse, Notary of Béarn
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
  • Denombrement: Denombremont of Gassion
  • Bayonne: Titles of the Chapter of Bayonne
  • Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron
  • Military: Military Inspection of Béarn
  • Béarn: Titles of the Viscounts of Béarn

    • History

    Paul Raymond noted that in 1385 Autevielle and Saint-Martin together had 11 fires with 8 fires at Bideren. They depended on the bailiwick of Sauveterre.

    The communes of Autevielle, Saint-Martin, and Bideren merged on 18 April 1842.

    Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Inter-communality

    The commune is part of six inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of communes of Sauveterre-de-Béarn;
  • the inter-communal social action centre of Sauveterre-de-Béarn;
  • the SIGOM;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for the management of drinking water from the Saleys and the gaves;
  • the inter-communal association of the gaves and the Saleys;

    • Demography

    In 2010 the commune had 173 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 communes 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.

    Religious heritage

    The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

  • The Parish Church of Saint Martin (1896)

    • References

    Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren Wikipedia
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