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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Intercommunality
  
Vallée d'Aspe

Area
  
34.72 km²

Arrondissement
  
Oloron-Sainte-Marie

Region
  
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Canton
  
Accous

Population (2010)
  
100

Local time
  
Friday 7:35 PM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 24 km/h, 73% Humidity

Aydius is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Contents

Map of 64490 Aydius, France

Geography

Aydius is located some 25 km south by south-east of Oloron-Sainte-Marie just east of Bedous. Access to the commune is by the D237 road from Bedous which goes to the village and terminates there. The commune is alpine in nature with extensive forests, rugged terrain and snow-capped mountains in the east.

The Gabarret river rises in the east of the commune and flows west gathering a large number of tributaries including the Ruisseau d'Arces, the Ruisseau du Saslars, the Gave de Béranfueil, the Gave de Bouren, the Ruisseau d'Ilhiec, the Ruisseau Sarité, the Ruisseau de Traillère, and the Ruisseau de Sahun (which forms part of the western border of the commune) before flowing west to join the Gave d'Aspe at Bedous.

Toponymy

The commune name in Gascon is Aidius. Michel Grosclaude said that the name probably comes from the same root as Aydie but its origin and meaning remain obscure.

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

Sources:

  • Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (French)
  • 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:

  • Census: Census of Béarn

    • History

    A rock shelter dating from prehistory called Abri Gandon-Lassus has been discovered in the commune.

    Paul Raymond noted on page 18 of his 1863 disctionary that the commune had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn and that in 1385 there were 30 fires and Aydius depended on the bailiwick of Aspe.

    Administration

    List of Successive Mayors

    (Not all data is known)

    Inter-communality

    The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:

  • the Community of communes of Vallée d'Aspe;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for aid to education in the Vallée d'Aspe;
  • the joint association for Haut-Béarn.

    • Demography

    In 2010 the commune had 100 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

    The economy of the commune is mainly focused towards agriculture and livestock. The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

    Civil heritage

    The commune has many sites that are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Maison Guiraudé (1891)
  • The Maison Pualet (16th century)
  • The Maison Hontas (18th century)
  • The Abri Gandon-Lassus Prehistoric Cave (Prehistory)
  • The Maison Ichante (1807)
  • The Maison Casaubon (18th century)

    • Religious heritage

  • The Parish Church of Saint Martin (14th century) is registered as an historical monument.

    • Environmental heritage

    Aydie contains a number of high mountains:

  • The Sommet de Tachat (1,408 metres),
  • The Sommet de Talabot (1,591 metres),
  • The Sommet de Pétraube (1,606 metres,
  • The Sommet de Houndarete (1,695 metres),
  • The Soum de la Mousquère (1,778 metres,
  • The Turon de la Goaita (1,805 metres,
  • The Lousquette de Barca (1,870 metres,
  • The Pic de Lariou (1,903 metres, and
  • The Mailh Bassibe (1,973 metres.

    • Notable people linked to the commune

  • Pierre Loustaunau, a General in India

    • References

    Aydius Wikipedia
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