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Amorots-Succos

Coordinates: 43°21′58″N 1°06′39″W / 43.3661°N 1.1108°W / 43.3661; -1.1108
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Amorots-Succos
Amorotze-Zokhozü
Commune
The Town Hall at Amorots
The Town Hall at Amorots
Location of Amorots-Succos
Map
Amorots-Succos is located in France
Amorots-Succos
Amorots-Succos
Amorots-Succos is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Amorots-Succos
Amorots-Succos
Coordinates: 43°21′58″N 1°06′39″W / 43.3661°N 1.1108°W / 43.3661; -1.1108
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementBayonne
CantonPays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
IntercommunalityPays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Arnaud Abbadie[1]
Area
1
15.20 km2 (5.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
230
 • Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64019 /64120
Elevation65–266 m (213–873 ft)
(avg. 104 m or 341 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Amorots-Succos (Basque: Amorotze-Zokhozü) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amoroztar in Basque.[3][4]

Geography

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Amorots-Succos is located some 50 km east by south-east of Bayonne and 10 km north-west of Saint-Palais in the former Basque province of Lower Navarre. It can be accessed by the D123 road from Beguios in the east passing west through the village and the commune and continuing to La Bastide-Clairence. The D14 from Meharin to Garris also passes through the southern tip of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with no other villages or hamlets.[5]

Hydrography

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Numerous streams rise and flow through the commune including the Ruisseau d'Isaac Berds which forms part of the western border and flows to the Laharanne which eventually joins the Lihoury far to the north, the Jelesseko Erika forming the south-eastern border, the Ruisseau de Cherrits in the south, the Ruisseau d'Otherguy, and many other unnamed streams.[5]

Places and Hamlets

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  • Aguerréa
  • Ameztoya (ruins)
  • Amiasorhoa
  • Ansobieta
  • Apatia
  • Apetchéko Borda
  • Arangoïza
  • Arangoïzgaraya
  • Arrabichta
  • Berdeko Borda
  • Berhuéta
  • Bertrahandy
  • Bibens
  • Bidamberrita
  • Bidegain-de-Gain
  • Bidegain-de-Pé
  • Biscayluzia
  • Bordaberria
  • Cachantéguy
  • Carricaburua
  • Chastriaborda (ruins)
  • Culuteguia
  • Damassia
  • Ehulondoa
  • Errékaldéa
  • Errékartéa
  • Etchebérria
  • Etcheverria
  • Etorania
  • Garatéa
  • Garateko Borda
  • Haranéa
  • Ichobox
  • Ichorotzia
  • Idiartia
  • Iratzéburia
  • Isaac-Borda
  • Jauberria
  • Jelosséa
  • Joanteguia
  • Kakila
  • Kurku
  • Larraldéa (2 places)
  • Larréa
  • Lascouéta
  • Laurenzenia
  • Legarria
  • Miscoria
  • Olha
  • Olhakoborda
  • Olharanne
  • Ospilatéa[6]
  • Oxarania
  • Pacharreta
  • Padagoya
  • Sarhia
  • Sékailénia
  • Sorhuéta
  • Succos
  • Tipulatéya
  • Uhaldia

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Toponymy

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Brigitte Jobbé-Duval proposed a forest origin for Amorots meaning "the land of oaks". Succos derives from the Basque zoko meaning "isolated country".[3]

The current spelling in Basque is Amorotze-Zokotze.[8] Pierre Lhande, in his Basque-French Dictionary,[9] indicated the spelling Sokueze for Succos.

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description
Amorots Sanctus Vicentius de Maroz 1160 Orpustan Village
Maroth 1160 Orpustan
Morotz 1160 Orpustan
Amoros 1268 Orpustan
Amarotz 1305 Orpustan
Amarotz 1306 Orpustan
Amaroz 1350 Orpustan
Amoroz 1402 Raymond
5
 Chapter
Amorotz 1413 Orpustan
Amorotz 1513 Raymond
5
 Pamplona
Succos Sanctus Martinus de Trussecalau 1160 Orpustan Village
Sucox 1268 Orpustan
Succos 1304 Orpustan
Ssucos 1350 Orpustan
Çucoz 1413 Orpustan
Suquos 1513 Raymond
164
 Pamplona
Croix Goïty Croix Goïty 1863 Raymond
72
 Shrine
Croix d'Ichorox Croix d'Ichorox 1863 Raymond
81
 Shrine
Ospitaléa Zabala y l’Ospital 1513 Raymond
127
 Pamplona Farm with a small chapel nearby dependent on the Commandery of Irissary
L'Hopital d'Amorots 1708 Raymond
127
 Irissarry
Ospital 1863 Raymond
127
Troussecaillau Troussecaillau 1863 Raymond
169
 Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre

Sources:

Origins:

History

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The village of Succos was united with Amorots on 16 August 1841.[6]

Administration

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List of Successive Mayors[14]

From To Name
1995 2026 Arnaud Abbadie

Inter-Communality

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The commune belongs to six inter-communal associations:

Demography

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In 1350 there were 5 fires at Amorots and 10 at Succos.[15]

The fiscal census of 1412-1413[16] carried out[17] on the orders of Charles III of Navarre compared to the census of 1551 of men and arms that are present in the Kingdom of Navarre on this side of the ports[18] revealed a population in high growth. The first census showed 4 fires at Amorots while the second showed 13 (12 + 1 secondary fire). The same at Succos: the first census showed 5 fires and the second 19 (16 + 3 secondary fires).

The census of the population of Lower Navarre in 1695[19] counted 40 fires at Amorots and 32 at Succos. The total at the 1758 census was 74 fires[20] at Amorots.

In 2017 the commune had 232 inhabitants.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 305—    
1800 310+0.23%
1806 236−4.44%
1821 363+2.91%
1831 356−0.19%
1836 330−1.51%
1841 473+7.47%
1846 462−0.47%
1851 437−1.11%
1856 402−1.66%
1861 405+0.15%
1866 413+0.39%
1872 396−0.70%
1876 385−0.70%
1881 377−0.42%
1886 407+1.54%
1891 358−2.53%
1896 332−1.50%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901 356+1.41%
1906 352−0.23%
1911 358+0.34%
1921 337−0.60%
1926 356+1.10%
1931 328−1.62%
1936 307−1.31%
1946 324+0.54%
1954 291−1.33%
1962 267−1.07%
1968 249−1.16%
1975 244−0.29%
1982 267+1.30%
1990 222−2.28%
1999 204−0.94%
2007 218+0.83%
2012 235+1.51%
2017 232−0.26%
Source: EHESS[21] and INSEE[22]

From 1793 to 1836 the population above was only for Amorots which was separate from Succos. The population for Succos for that period is shown below:

Historical population of Succos
YearPop.±% p.a.
1793 129—    
1800 118−1.27%
1806 126+1.10%
1821 125−0.05%
1831 133+0.62%
1836 144+1.60%
Source: EHESS[23]

Economy

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The commune forms part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

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Languages

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According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte the dialect of Basque spoken in Amendeuix-Oneix is eastern low Navarrese.

Religious Heritage

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Two religious sites in the commune are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Church of Saint-Martin of Succos, Cemetery, and old Guardhouse (12th century),[24] The cemetery wall serves as a fronton.
  • The Parish Church of Saint Luce (1880)[25] at Amorots.
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  • A farm at Amorots
    A farm at Amorots
  • The church at Succos with, at left foreground, the Basque cemetery and its Fronton
    The church at Succos with, at left foreground, the Basque cemetery and its Fronton
  • The Saint Luce Church at Amorots and its fronton
    The Saint Luce Church at Amorots and its fronton
  • A fronton at Succos
    A fronton at Succos
  • A Hilarri with a cross at Succos
    A Hilarri with a cross at Succos
  • Hilarri at Amorots
    Hilarri at Amorots
  • Hilarri at the Succos cemetery
    Hilarri at the Succos cemetery
  • Hilarri at Succos
    Hilarri at Succos
  • Basque hilarri at Succos
    Basque hilarri at Succos

Facilities

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Education
Amorots-Succos, Masparraute, Orègue, Béguios, and Arraute-Charritte are associated through an educational regrouping (R.P.I. AMOBA)

See also

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References

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  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 Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of placenames - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  4. ^ Toponymy of Amorotze-Zokotze (in French)
  5. ^ a b c Google Maps
  6. ^ a b c Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  7. ^ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  8. ^ Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Bassque language (in Basque)
  9. ^ Pierre Lhande, Basque-French Dictionary, Labourdin, Lower Navarrese, and Souletin, Beauschène, Paris, 1926 (in French)
  10. ^ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
  11. ^ Chapter of Soule in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. ^ Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Titles of the Commandry of Irissarry in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
  14. ^ List of Mayors of France
  15. ^ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, Collective work, Amikuze - the Mixe Country, Éditions Izpegi, 1992, ISBN 2 909262 05 7, p. 77 (in French)
  16. ^ Census cited by Manex Goyhenetche in his General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, ISBN 2 9131 5634 7, p. 26 (in French). In the same work Manex Goyhenetche indicated on page 284 that there was an average of 5.5 people per fire.
  17. ^ Transcribed and published by Ricardo Cierbide, Censos de población de la Baja Navarra, Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen, 1993
  18. ^ Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, E 575, transcribed by Louis Baratchart in The Friends of Old Navarre, January 1995, pages 44-54 (in French)
  19. ^ Bibliothèque nationale, 6956, Moreau Register 979, cited by Manex Goyhenetche in his General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, ISBN 2 9131 5634 7, p. 299 (in French)
  20. ^ Census cited by Manex Goyhenetche in his General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, ISBN 2 9131 5634 7, p. 282 (in French).
  21. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Amorots-Succos, EHESS (in French).
  22. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  23. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Données Cassini: Succos, EHESS (in French)., EHESS
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA00084550 Church of Saint-Martin of Succos, Cemetery, and old Guardhouse (in French)
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000682 Parish Church of Saint Luce (in French)
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