Andrein

Andrein
Commune
Landscape of Andrein and the Valley of the Gave d'Oloron
Landscape of Andrein and the Valley of the Gave d'Oloron
Location of Andrein
Map
Andrein is located in France
Andrein
Andrein
Andrein is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Andrein
Andrein
Coordinates: 43°23′36″N 0°53′59″W / 43.3933°N 0.8997°W / 43.3933; -0.8997
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementOloron-Sainte-Marie
CantonOrthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel
IntercommunalityBéarn des Gaves
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Alain Martin[1]
Area
1
7.80 km2 (3.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
140
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64022 /64390
Elevation57–221 m (187–725 ft)
(avg. 74 m or 243 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Andrein (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁɛ̃]; Béarnese: Andrenh) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

Location

Andrein is a béarnaise commune located on the left bank of the Gave d'Oloron 5 kilometres east of Sauveterre-de-Béarn and some 16 km south-west of Orthez. Access to the commune is by road D27 from Sauveterre-de-Bearn passing through the commune and the village and continuing east to Laàs. The D23 road from Burgaronne to L'Hôpital-d'Orion also passes through the north of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland.[3]

Hydrography

Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the southern border of the commune is formed by the Gave d'Oloron. Numerous streams flow south through the commune to the Gave d'Oloron including the Malourau and the Lourou which forms the eastern border. The northern border is formed by the Arrec Heurre which flows west to eventually join the Gave d'Oleron east of Abitain.[3]

Localities and hamlets

  • Araspy[4]
  • Arrouzère[4]
  • Bachoué Château[4]
  • Baillenx
  • Balespet
  • La Baronnie
  • Bétouzet[4]
  • Bonnemaison
  • Bordenave (2 places)
  • Braile
  • Les Camous
  • Casamayou
  • Castagnède
  • Casteret
  • Charrie[4]
  • Cousté
  • Esploubet
  • Hieyte
  • Hourcade
  • Hourquet
  • Laborde
  • Lagouarde
  • Lauga[4]
  • Lée
  • Louhau
  • Lourou
  • Loustau
  • Maysonnave
  • Monplaisir
  • Moulinau
  • Pellou
  • Pouyau
  • Quartier de Pouyau
  • La Salle[4]
  • Sarrail
  • Suberborde
  • Temboury
  • Téoulé
  • Tinguerot
  • Touroun.[4]

[5]

Neighbouring communes and villages

[3]

Toponymy

The commune name in Béarnese dialect and in Gascon Occitan is Andrenh. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[6] indicated that the name actually came from the family name Andréas with the suffix -enh. She also mentioned that the villagers were once called "cherry eaters".

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Andrein Andrenh 1385 Raymond
6
 Census Village
Andreinh 1544 Raymond
6
 Reformation
Sanctus Petrus d'Andrein 1674 Raymond
6
 Insinuations
Araspy Araspin 1385 Raymond
8
 Census Farm
Araspin de haut 1614 Raymond
8
 Reformation
Araspin de baig 1614 Raymond
8
 Reformation
Arrouzère Arrosere 1385 Raymond
13
 Census Farm
Arrozere 1391 Raymond
13
 Navarrenx
Bachoué Bachoué 1641 Raymond
18
 Reformation Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn
Bétouzet Bétouzet 1611 Raymond
30
 Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn
Carjuzan Carjuzan Raymond
41
 Barony, subject to the Viscounts of Béarn
Charrie L'ostau de Xarre 1385 Raymond
48
 Census Farm
Charrie 1614 Raymond
48
 Reformation
Charie 1863 Raymond
48
Espiubeg Espiubeig 1780 Raymond
61
 Denombrement Place
Espiubeigt 1780 Raymond
61
 Denombrement
Larsun Larsuno 1540 Raymond
95
 Reformation Hamlet
Lauga Lauga 1728 Raymond
96
 Denombrement Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn
Le Poey Le Poey 1863 Raymond
136
 Place
Sahores Saƒores 1397 Raymond
145
 Navarrenx Farm
La Salle La Sale d'Andrenh 1385 Raymond
154
 Census Fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn, subject to the bailiwick of Sauveterre
La Sala d'Andrenh 1538 Raymond
154
 Reformation
Touroun La maison noble du Touron 1728 Raymond
169
 Denombrement Fief
Le Turon 1863 Raymond
169

Sources:

Origins:

History

Paul Raymond on page 6 of his 1863 dictionary noted that the commune had a Lay Abbey, a vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.[4]

In 1385 Andrein reported 17 fires and depended on the bailiwick of Sauveterre.[4]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[12]

From To Name
1995 2026 Alain Martin

Inter-communality

The commune is part of five intercommunal structures:[13]

  • the inter-communal centre for Social Action of Sauveterre-de-Béarn;
  • the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves;
  • the inter-communal association for the Gaves and of Saleys;
  • the AEP association for the Saleys region;
  • the energy association for Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andreinais or Andreinaises in French.[14]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 378—    
1800 238−6.40%
1806 402+9.13%
1821 271−2.59%
1831 286+0.54%
1836 373+5.46%
1841 372−0.05%
1846 364−0.43%
1851 331−1.88%
1856 327−0.24%
1861 325−0.12%
1866 332+0.43%
1872 289−2.29%
1876 275−1.23%
1881 278+0.22%
1886 242−2.74%
1891 236−0.50%
1896 248+1.00%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 268+1.56%
1906 246−1.70%
1911 231−1.25%
1921 218−0.58%
1926 212−0.56%
1931 210−0.19%
1936 214+0.38%
1946 184−1.50%
1954 142−3.19%
1962 111−3.03%
1968 110−0.15%
1975 99−1.49%
1982 105+0.84%
1990 103−0.24%
1999 111+0.83%
2007 129+1.90%
2012 135+0.91%
2017 131−0.60%
Source: EHESS[15] and INSEE[16]

Economy

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

Culture and Heritage

Environmental heritage

The Touron de Larochelle is 195 metres high.[5]

Notable people linked to the commune

  • Emmanuel Berl, born 2 August 1892 in Vésinet (Seine-et-Oise) and died 21 September 1976 in Paris, was a journalist, historian and French essayist. In 1920 he married Jacqueline Bordes in Andrein.
  • Arthur Hugenschmidt (1862–1929) stayed in Andein in 1928 and 1929 with the Countess of Viforano (daughter of Dr. Joseph Marie Alfred Beni-Barde) according to correspondence from the Presidency of the Republic.

See also

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 Google Maps
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  5. ^ a b Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  6. ^ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of placenames - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  7. ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  8. ^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  9. ^ Manuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  10. ^ Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  11. ^ Manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. ^ List of Mayors of France
  13. ^ Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 9 November 2011 (in French)
  14. ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
  15. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Andrein, EHESS (in French).
  16. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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