Ainhice-Mongelos
Ainhize-Monjolose | |
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 Sign at the entrance of the village | |
Location of Ainhice-Mongelos | |
  Ainhice-Mongelos  Ainhice-Mongelos | |
| Coordinates: 43°12′22″N 1°09′15″W / 43.2061°N 1.1542°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Montagne Basque |
| Intercommunality | Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Irigoin[1] |
| Area 1 | 10.30 km2 (3.98 sq mi) |
| Population | 169 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64013 /64220 |
| Elevation | 195–546 m (640–1,791 ft) (avg. 242 m or 794 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Ainhice-Mongelos (Basque: Ainhize-Monjolose)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
It is located in the former province of Lower Navarre.[3]
Geography
Location
The town is part of the country Basque province of Cize of Lower Navarre. It is located in the Pyrenees mountains some 40 km in a direct line southeast of Bayonne and about 15 km northeast of the Spanish border. The commune is mostly farmland with scattered small forests.
Access
Access to Ainhice-Mongelos is via the Highway D933 (old highway 133) which runs northeast from Saint-Jean-le-Vieux which runs from southwest to northeast along the eastern side of the commune through the village of Mongelos continues northeast, ending near Saint Palais. Just south of the commune at Lacarre, the Highway D422 branches from the D933 to the northwest and passes through the western side of the commune, ending at Lopeenia just to the west of the commune. No other highways enter the commune. The village of Anhice-Mongelos can be reached by a country road from the D933 at Mongelos or by any of the many country roads which cover the commune.[4]
Hydrography
In the Drainage basin of the Adour, the commune is traversed by a tributary of the Nive, the Lakako erreka (which originates in Ainhice-Mongelos) and, a tributary of the Laurhibar, the Arzubiko erreka and by tributaries of the latter, the Bassaguibeléko erreka and the Idiondoa brook. The Artikaitéko erreka which flows into Bidouze also passes through the commune.
Localities and hamlets
- Achurdé[5]
- Ainhice
- Artikite
- Azeria
- Barnetchéa (Barnetxea)[6]
- Bertéretchia
- Bidartéa
- Bidégaïnéa
- Caracoitchia
- Chilténéa
- Elizetchékoborda[5]
- Erdoïs Etcheberria
- Erdoïsia
- Erretoraenia
- Etcheberritoa
- Etchéparéa[7]
- Gohanetxea
- Harraldéa
- Harrispéa
- Héguilondoa
- Idiartekoborda
- Ihitsia
- Irazabalea[8]
- Irumia
- Ithurraldéa
- Kousketikoborda
- Larraldéa
- Martiréma
- Mongelos
- Munhoa
- Officialdéya
- Orkaïtzéa
- Sallaberria
Toponymy
The name of the commune in Basque is Ainhize-Monjolose.[3] According to Jean-Baptiste Orpustan the origin of the name Ainhice remains unknown.[9] According to Brigitte Jobbé-Duval Mongelos is a Gascon name meaning Mont Jaloux (Mount Jealous).[10][11]
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelos | Anƒiz | 1135 | Orpustan | Village | ||
| Aniça | 1264 | Mérimée | ||||
| Aniça | 1309 | Orpustan | ||||
| Anhice | 1304 | Mérimée | ||||
| Anhice | 1307 | Orpustan | ||||
| Aniça | 1350 | Mérimée | ||||
| Anhice | 1366 | Mérimée | ||||
| Anhice | 1413 | Orpustan | ||||
| Ainza | 1513 | Raymond | 4 | Pamplona | ||
| Añiza | 1621 | Raymond | 4 | Biscay | ||
| Aniça | 1621 | Raymond | 4 | Biscay | ||
| Aynice | 1621 | Raymond | 4 | Biscay | ||
| Ainhisse | 1665 | Raymond | 4 | Navarre | ||
| Ainza | 1513 | Raymond | 4 | Pamplona | ||
| Mongelos | Mongelos | 1249 | Mérimée | Village | ||
| Mongelos | 1264 | Orpustan | ||||
| Mongelos | 1309 | Orpustan | ||||
| Mongelos | 1413 | Orpustan | ||||
| Mont gelos | 1292 | Mérimée | ||||
| Montis gelosi | 1304 | Mérimée | ||||
| Mont gelos | 1307 | Orpustan | ||||
| Monjelos | 1321 | Raymond | 115 | Camara | ||
| Mont gelos | 1350 | Orpustan | ||||
| Mongelos en Cize | 1477 | Raymond | 115 | Ohix | ||
| Saint-Jean de Mongelos | 1703 | Raymond | 115 | Ohix | ||
| Achurdé | Achurdé | 1863 | Raymond | 2 | A mountain pass between Lantabat and Ainhice-Mongelos | |
| Elizaldea | Eliçalde | 1412 | Mérimée | List of fires in the Kingdom of Navarre | ||
| Elizetchékoborda | Élissetche | 1863 | Raymond | 58 | Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre | |
| Erdoïs | Erdoïs | 1863 | Raymond | 59 | Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre. Raymond also mentions that there was a Prebendary of the name "founded in the church of Ainhice". | |
| Fleur-de-Lys | Flor-de-Lis | 1621 | Raymond | 64 | Biscay | Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre |
Sources:
- Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy[9]
- Mérimée: Presentation of Ainhice-Mongelos on the Ministry of Culture database.[11]
- Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)[5]
Origins:
History
The medieval village of Mongelos was established in 1240[11] as subject to the King of Navarre.[10] Formerly subject to Ainhice, they were reunited on 16 August 1841.[10][5]
Administration
List of Successive Mayors of Anhice-Mongelos[18]
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2004 | Guillaume Eyharts |
| 2004 | 2026 | Jean-Pierre Irigoin |
Inter-communality
The commune belongs to seven inter-communal organisations:
- the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
- the AEP union of Ainhice
- the energy union of Pyrenees-Atlantiques
- the school union for RPI Ainhice-Gamarthe-Lacarre
- the inter-communal association for the development and management of the abattoir at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- the joint association for the watershed of the Nive
- the union to support Basque culture.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ainhiztars or Monjolostars.[10][19]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 226 | — |
| 1975 | 199 | −1.80% |
| 1982 | 179 | −1.50% |
| 1990 | 173 | −0.43% |
| 1999 | 175 | +0.13% |
| 2007 | 168 | −0.51% |
| 2012 | 157 | −1.35% |
| 2017 | 173 | +1.96% |
| Source: INSEE[20] | ||
Economy
Economic activity is mainly agricultural. The town is part of the zone of appellation of Ossau-iraty.
Euskal Herriko Laborantza Ganbara or the "Chamber of Agriculture for the Basque Country" is an association under the law of 1901 founded on 15 January 2005 and is headquartered in Ainhice-Mongelos.
Culture and heritage
Farm gate
Well
Window lintel (1741).jpg.webp)
House from 1857
Languages
According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, the dialect of Basque spoken in Ainhice-Mongelos is eastern low Navarrese.
Civil heritage
Several houses and farms are registered as historical monuments. These are:
Religious Heritage
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- Church of the Assumption (14th century)
[23]
Facilities
The town has a kindergarten.
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- 1 2 3 AINHIZE-MONJOLOSE, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
- ↑ Google Maps
- 1 2 3 4 Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
- 1 2 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000910 Barnetxea Farm (in French)
- 1 2 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000907 Etxeparea Farm (in French)
- 1 2 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000906 Irazabalea Farm (in French)
- 1 2 Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
- 1 2 3 4 Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Editor Archives et Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9
- 1 2 3 Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000873 Presentation of Ainhice-Mongelos (in French)
- ↑ Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda (in Spanish)
- ↑ Derecho de naturaleza que la merindad de San-Juan-del-pie-del-puerto, una de las seys de Navarra, tiene en Castilla, 1622 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda - Diccionario de Antiguedades del reino de Navarra, 1840, Pamplona (in Spanish)
- ↑ Contracts retained by Ohix, Notary of Soule - Manuscript of the 15th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ↑ Manuscript from the 18th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
- ↑ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000967 Houses and Farms] (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000909 Elizaldea Farm (in French)
- ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000908 Church of the Assumption (in French)
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