Aincille

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Aincille
Aintzilla
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A House in Aincille
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Location of Aincille
Aincille
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Aincille
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Aincille
Coordinates: 43°08′44″N1°11′38″W / 43.1455°N 1.1938°W / 43.1455; -1.1938 Coordinates: 43°08′44″N1°11′38″W / 43.1455°N 1.1938°W / 43.1455; -1.1938
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement Bayonne
Canton Montagne Basque
Intercommunality Pays Basque
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Gilbert Oçafrain [1]
Area
1
6.26 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019) [2]
115
  Density18/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64011 /64220
Elevation198–755 m (650–2,477 ft)
(avg. 240 m or 790 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Aincille (French pronunciation:  [ɛ̃sil] ; [3] Basque : Aintzilla) [4] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Contents

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aintzildars. [5]

Geography

A Wayside Cross in Aincille Aincille Wayside Cross.JPG
A Wayside Cross in Aincille

Location

The town is part of Cize Country in the former Basque province of Lower Navarre.

It is located some 50 km south-east of Bayonne and 5 km southeast of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.

Access

The commune can be accessed by the D401 road from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the northwest to the village. From the village the D118 road goes north to join the D18 highway. [6]

Hydrography

Located in the drainage basin of the Adour, the northeastern border of the commune is marked by the Laurhibar river, which flows north to join the Nive north of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. A stream rises near the village and flows to the Laurhibar in the north-east. The Urtchipea rises in the south of the commune and flows northwest gathering many tributaries and joins the Nive de Beherobie at Saint-Michel. The Sassitako erreka rises southwest of the village and flows northwest joining the Laurhibar east of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.

Localities and hamlets

  • Ahadoa
  • Aïntzilsarria
  • Bassaburua
  • Bentaberria
  • Berho
  • Chiramberroa
  • Esconda
  • Etcheverrigaraya
  • Gamaberria
  • Goyhenetchéa
  • Handiague
  • Harchilo
  • Jaureguia
  • Oilloquy
  • Pagola
  • Sahaby
  • Sotalda

Toponymy

The commune name in basque is Aintzila meaning "hill of mud", [7] Aintzila [8] or Aintzil-Harrieta. [9]

Jean-Baptiste Orpustan wrote the name of the commune in the form Aïncille. He also indicated that in Basque the inhabitants are referred to as Aintzildar. [8]

The following table details the origins of the commune name.

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
AincilleAincibiu1264MériméeVillage
Aincibiu1309Orpustan
Ancivil1291Orpustan
Ancivil1292Mérimée
Ancil1304Mérimée
Ancil1344Orpustan
Ançill1307Mérimée
Ançill1307Orpustan
Ancibiu1350Mérimée
Ancibiu1350Orpustan
Aincile18th centuryRaymond
4
Intendance
Ancille1801Cassini Bulletin des lois

Sources:

Origins:

History

Part of Aincille territory next to the communes of Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan, Bustince-Iriberry, Çaro, Lecumberry, Mendive, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, and Saint-Michel, was taken on 11 June 1842 to form of the commune of Estérençuby. [12]

Heraldry

Arms of Aincille Blason ville fr Aincille (Pyrenees-Atlantiques).svg
Arms of Aincille
Blazon:

Quarterly, first Azure a bridge of Or masoned in sable debruised over a wave of argent in base, in chief 3 stars the same arranged in fesse; second of Or with an eagle displayed in sable; three vert a cow of Or collared and belled in azure posed in base surmounted by a sheep of argent horned in Or; fourth azure with a church in Or in profile roofed the same extended at dexter with a porch abased and surmounted at dexter by a belltower and steeple the same supporting a cross in sable, windows and doors the same..



Administration

The Town Hall Aincille Mairie.JPG
The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors of Aincille [13]

FromToName
19952008Jean Françaistéguy
20082026Gilbert Oçafrain

Inter-communality

The commune belongs to six intercommunal structures:

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 123    
1975 136+1.45%
1982 113−2.61%
1990 110−0.34%
1999 103−0.73%
2007 124+2.35%
2012 129+0.79%
2017 112−2.79%
Source: INSEE [14]
Aincille War Memorial Aincille War Memorial.JPG
Aincille War Memorial

Economy

The town is part of the production area of Irouléguy AOC and the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Economic activity is mainly agricultural.

Aincille had long received saline (saline of Ugarré) since the 17th century and had the distinction of being a corporation with ownership of twenty-nine old houses of the town [15] and was reunited with the royal domain in 1683.

Culture and heritage

Languages

According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, the dialect of Basque spoken in Aincille is Eastern Low Navarrese.

Civil heritage

Aincille Cemetery Cross Aincille Cemetery Cross.JPG
Aincille Cemetery Cross

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

Religious Heritage

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist Aincille Church.JPG
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist

The commune has several religious sites that are registered as historical monuments:

Church Picture Gallery
Stained Glass

See also

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References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
  3. Lurzaindia SCA. "Aincille - Claude Kratochvil". YouTube .
  4. AINTZILLA, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
  5. Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  6. Google Maps
  7. 1 2 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000872 Presentation of Aincille Commune (in French)
  8. 1 2 3 Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN   2 86781 396 4 (in French)
  9. Pierre Lhande, Dictionary basque-French, Éditions Beauchène, 1 April 1997, ISBN   2-7010-0532-9 (in French)
  10. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  11. Titles of the intendance of Pau - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. (in Spanish) Article on Estérençuby in the Encyclopedia Auñamendi
  13. List of Mayors of France
  14. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  15. Philippe Veyrin, The Basques, Arthaud, 1975, ISBN   2 7003 0038 6, page 23. (in French)
  16. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000966 Houses and Farms (in French)
  17. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000861 Idiondoa Farmhouse (in French)
  18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000860 Ahadoberria Farmhouse (in French)
  19. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00084306 Croix de Carrefour (in French)
  20. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00084307 Cemetery Cross (in French)
  21. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000857 Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist (in French)
  22. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000025 Processional Cross (in French)
  23. Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000024 Statue: Virgin and child (in French)