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Amendeuix-Oneix

Amendeuix-Oneix (French pronunciation: [amɛ̃døʃ ɔnɛʃ]; Basque: Amendüze-Unaso; Occitan: Fineuix) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.

Amendeuix-Oneix
Amendüze-Unaso
Commune
The road into Amendeuix
The road into Amendeuix
Coat of arms of Amendeuix-Oneix
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Amendeuix-Oneix
Amendeuix-Oneix is located in France
Amendeuix-Oneix
Amendeuix-Oneix
Amendeuix-Oneix is located in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Amendeuix-Oneix
Amendeuix-Oneix
Coordinates: 43°21′17″N 1°02′34″W / 43.3547°N 1.0428°W / 43.3547; -1.0428
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementBayonne
CantonPays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
IntercommunalityPays Basque
Government
 • Mayor (2024–2026) Stéphane Poisson[1]
Area
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7.66 km2 (2.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
472
 • Density61.6/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64018 /64120
Elevation32–168 m (105–551 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amendüztar.[3][4]

Geography

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Houses in Amedeuix-Oneix

Amendeuix-Oneix is located some 50 km east by southeast of Bayonne and 40 km south-west of Orthez in the Mixe country in the former Basque province of Lower Navarre. The village can be accessed by the D124 road from Garris in the west passing northeast to the village then continuing north to join the D29. The D11 road also passes through the south of the commune from Garris to Saint-Palais. The small D511 road links the D11 to the D124 within the commune.[5]

Hydrography

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Located in the Drainage divide of the Adour, the northern part of the eastern border of the commune is the Bidouze which flows north to join the Adour west of Peyrehorade. The southern part of the eastern border consists of the Joyeuse with many tributaries rising in the commune including the Algueruko erreka, the Sallarteko erreka, and the Soubiaga erreka. The Aitzeguerris rises just south of the village and flows into the Bidouze.

Localities and hamlets

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  • Amendeuix
  • Arkausia
  • Arlania
  • Arrosteguia
  • Autrichia
  • Berhabia
  • Bidainia
  • Bordaberria
  • Candelenia
  • Errecartia
  • Etcheberria
  • Etchetto
  • Eyheraetcheberry
  • Gaponteguia
  • Goitia
  • Guillenteguia
  • Hiriberry
  • Inchaursague
  • Iribarnia
  • Jauberria
  • Jauhenia
  • Landaçaharia
  • Larregoyen
  • Lauhiteya
  • Mantunia
  • Oneix
  • Oyhamburia
  • Peco-Berthoua
  • Postateya
  • Sabrenia
  • Salla
  • Vivienborda

[6]

Toponymy

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The current Basque name is Amendüze-Unaso.[7] Jean-Baptiste Orpustan[8] suggested that Oneix means the 'place of abundant hills'. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[3] however suggested that Oneix came from the Basque Unanu which means the Asphodelus (plant) and signifies a "place where the asphodelus is abundant. She also suggested that the origin of Amendeuix was Aquitane-Roman to designate a noble domain.

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

NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
AmendeuixSanctus Joannes de Mindus1160OrpustanVillage
Amindux1316Orpustan
Aminduch1350Orpustan
Aminduz1413Orpustan
Mendux1413Orpustan
Sent-Johan de Mendux1472Raymond
5
Notaries
Armendux1513Raymond
5
Pamplona
Amenduxs1600Raymond
5
Pau
Amendux1621Raymond
5
Biscay
OneixSanctus Petrus de Onas1160OrpustanVillage
Onnaçu1249Orpustan
Oneyx1316Orpustan
Honeis1350Orpustan
Onasso1394Orpustan
Onex1472Raymond
125
Notaries
Onecx1513Raymond
125
Pamplona
Oniz1621Raymond
125
Biscay
Onazo1863Raymond
125
Basque
HiriberryHiriberry1863Raymond
78
Hamlet
JauréguyJauréguy1863Raymond
85
Fief, Vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
LanevieilleLa noble salle de Lanevielhe d'Amenduxs1600Raymond
91
PauFief, Vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre
Lanavieja1621Raymond
92
Biscay
Lanevieille1863Raymond
91
SallaLa Salle1863Raymond
154
Fief, Vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre

Sources:

Origins:

History

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In the 16th century (1594), evidence of witchcraft was reported by an admonition to the States of Navarre by the Prosecutor of Mixe (together with those of Arberoue, Ostabaret, Irissarry, Ossès, Baigorri, and La Bastide-Clairence), who complained of a lack of prosecution and requesting that each town or district of Lower Navarre elect "two men of good character who are not suspects to find and punish the perpetrators of these crimes of witchcraft, apostasy, and magic: to be joined with the people of Roy and all at the expense of those convicted or, in case of insolvency, to those countries and places which will be instructed". Part of this admonition followed a request from the inhabitants of Amendeuix dating from 1587 who claimed to have been victims of "spells that were manifested mainly by evil barking".[15]

The village of Oneix joined with Amendeuix to form the commune of Amendeuix-Oneix on 27 August 1846.

Heraldry

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Arms of Amendeuix-Oneix
Arms of Amendeuix-Oneix
 Blazon:

Quarterly, 1 and 4 of Or with an Oak vert debruised by a boar of sable at the foot of the tree; at 2 and 3 party per fesse wavy of argent and azure.



Administration

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The Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[16]

FromToName
18371846Jean Longy
18461848Jean-Paul Larregoyen
18481871Jean Longy
18711873Franck d'Andurain
18731884Gabriel Longy
18841885Rémy Etcheto
18851909Gabriel Longy
19091912M Sabalette
19121938Jean-Pierre Longy
19381945Auguste de Castelbajac
19591974Léon Longy
19952001Arnaud Mandagaran
20012014Armel Pierre Drouilhet
20142020Arnaud Mandagaran
20202024Jean-Marc Trenthomas
20242026Stéphane Poisson

Inter-Communality

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The commune belongs to seven inter-communal structures:

  • the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
  • the AEP Association for Mixe country
  • the sanitation association for Saint-Palais - Luxe-Sumberraute
  • the association for school buses of Amendeuix-Oneix and Gabat
  • the energy association for Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for the operation of schools in Amikuze
  • the association supports Basque culture

Demography

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In 1350 nine fires were reported in Oneix and 15-18 in Amendeuix.[17]

The fiscal census of 1412-1413,[18] made[19] on the orders of Charles III of Navarre, compared with that of 1551 men and weapons that are in this kingdom of Navarre this side of the ports,[20] reveals a demography with strong growth. The first census indicated the presence of 13 fires in Amendeuix with the second showing 40 (33 + 7 secondary fires). The same census reported 8 fires in Oneix in 1412-1413 against 17 (14 + 3 secondary fires) in 1551.

The census of the population of Lower Navarre in 1695[21] counted 63 fires at Amendeuix and 20 at Oneix.

The population data given in the table and graph below include the former commune of Oneix.

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Economy

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The commune is 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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The Church of Saint John the Baptist at Amendeuix
The Church of Saint Peter at Oneix

Two churches in the commune are registered as historical monuments:

  • The Church of Saint Peter (1787)[25] at Oneix.
  • The Church of Saint John the Baptist (1903)[26] at Amendeuix.

Amenities

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Education

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The commune has a kindergarten.

Amendeuix, Gabat, Ilharre, and Labets-Biscay have partnered to create an inter-educational grouping (RPI[27]).

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place-names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
  4. ↑ Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque Language
  5. ↑ Google Maps
  6. ↑ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
  7. ↑ Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language (in French)
  8. 1 2 Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, 246 pages, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
  9. ↑ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  10. ↑ Cassini Map 1750 – Amendeuix-Oneix
  11. ↑ Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. ↑ Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ Titles of the Chamber of the Counts of Pau in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  14. ↑ 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)
  15. ↑ Philippe Veyrin, The Basques, Arthaud, 1975, ISBN 2 7003 0038 6, p. 248. (in French)
  16. ↑ List of Mayors of France
  17. ↑ Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, Collective work, Amikuze-Mixe Country, Éditions Izpegi, 1992, ISBN 2 909262 05 7, p. 77 (in French)
  18. ↑ Census cited by Manex Goyhenetche in General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, ISBN 2 9131 5634 7, p. 26. (in French). The same work by Manex Goyhenetche indicated on page 284 that there was an average of 5.5 people per fire.
  19. ↑ Transcribed and published by Ricardo Cierbide, Censos de población de la Baja Navarra, Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen, 1993
  20. ↑ Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, E 575, transcribed by Louis Baratchart in The Friends of Old Navarre, January 1995, pages 44-54 (in French)
  21. ↑ Bibliothèque nationale, 6956, Moreau Register 979, cited by Manex Goyhenetche in General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, ISBN 2 9131 5634 7, page 299 (in French)
  22. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Amendeuix-Oneix, EHESS (in French).
  23. ↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Oneix, EHESS (in French).
  24. ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
  25. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000681 Church of Saint Peter (in French)
  26. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000680 Church of Saint John the Baptist (in French)
  27. ↑ RPI website (in French)
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