Aurions-Idernes

Aurions-Idernes
Aurions-Idernes
Location within Aquitaine region Aurions-Idernes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Pau
Canton	Lembeye
Intercommunality	Canton de Lembeye en Vic-Bilh
Government
• Mayor (2008–2020)	Nadine Oulie
Area1	6.32 km2 (2.44 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	110
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	64079 / 64350
Elevation	136–284 m (446–932 ft) (avg. 173 m or 568 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aurions-Idernes is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Aquitaine region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurionais or Aurionaises.

Geography

Aurions-Idernes is located some 50 km north by north-east of Pau and 12 km north-west of Maubourguet. Access to the commune is by the D205 road from Séméacq-Blachon in the south which passes through the length of the commune on the eastern side and continues north to join the D317. Access to the village is by the D219 road from Arrosès in the east which passes through the village and continues south-west to join the D13 near Cadillon. The commune is mainly farmland with some forested areas.

The Larcis river forms most of the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Lées east of Ségos. Several unnamed tributaries rise in the commune and flow east to join the Larcis.

Places and Hamlets

• L'Abbat
• Aurions
• Les Barsious ·
• Biau
• Bitaillou
• Bouché
• Cassou
• Clocq
• Crampilh
• Dumas
• Farandou
• Froment
• Hourcadet
• Idernes
• Labatte
• Lafitau
• Lafontaa
• Lahaille
• Larribau
• Pin
• Poublan
• Pouchan
• Sy
• Le Tétour

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Aurions-Idèrnas. Michel Grosclaude indicated that Aurions is probably from the Latin man's name Aurius with the suffix -onis giving "Domain of Aurius". The origin of the name Idernes however remains obscure.

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

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Aurions	Ryons	1227	Raymond	17	Marca	Village
	Aurios	1385	Raymond	17	Census
	Riontz	1538	Raymond	17	Reformation
	Aurious	1750	Cassini
Idernes	Ydernes	1385	Raymond	81	Census	Village
	Ydernas	1540	Raymond	81	Reformation
	Idernes	1750	Cassini
L'Abbat	L'Abbat	1863	Raymond	1		Moor
Les Barsious	Les Barsious	1863	Raymond	22		Moor
Cailhabet	Cailhabet	1863	Raymond	39		Farm
Castéra	Castéra	1863	Raymond	44		Place
Disse	Düsse	1487	Raymond	55	Establishments	Hamlet
	Dissa	1538	Raymond	55	Reformation
	Dyssa	1546	Raymond	55	Reformation
L'Enclos	L'Enclos	1863	Raymond	59		Hamlet
Serramone	Serramona	1538	Raymond	159	Reformation	Fief
	Sarramonne	1675	Raymond	159	Reformation
	Sarramoune	1780	Raymond	159	Aurions

Sources:

• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (French)
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (French)
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750

Origins:

• Marca: Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn.
• Census: Census of Béarn
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
• Establishments: Register of Establishments of Béarn
• Aurions: Terrier of Aurions.

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 17 of the 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Aurions and Idernes depended on the bailiwick of Lembeye and respectively had 11 and 13 fires.

Idernes was merged with Aurions in 1844. In 1846 the commune, which had been part of the Canton of Garlin, changed to be part of the Canton of Lembeye.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2008	André Lagrave
2008	2020	Nadine Oulie

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

The commune is part of five inter-communal structures:

• the Community of communes of Lembeye en Vic-Bilh;
• the SIVU for Highways in the Canton of Lembeye;
• the SIVU for the educational grouping of Aurions-Idernes, Arrosès, Séméacq-Blachon, and Moncaup;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• the inter-communal association for the management of drinking water (SIAEP) of Vic-Bilh Montanérès;

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 110 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.

Population Change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
204	239	251	205	275	302	432	451	407

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
406	391	343	331	306	286	284	262	273

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
236	223	228	191	201	191	189	175	175

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
169	174	144	157	141	117	-	110	-

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Aurions-Idernes War Memorial

Population of Aurions-Idernes

Economy

The commune is part of the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zones of Madiran, Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh, and Béarn.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• Houses and Farms
• Fortified Buildings at Aurions-Barsious (Late Middle Ages)
• Fortified Buildings at Aurions-le-Tétour (Late Middle Ages)

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Pierre of Aurions

The commune has several religious buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Parish Church of Saint Pierre of Aurions (12th century) The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
  • A Wayside Cross (19th century)
  • 2 tablecloths for the choir enclosure (19th century)
  • A Pulpit (18th century)
  • An Altar, altar seating, Tabernacle, and a statue (19th century)
  • 4 Altar candlesticks (19th century)
  • A Painting: Christ on the Cross with the Virgin (19th century)
  • A Retable (18th century)
  • A Tabernacle (18th century)
  • Altar seating (18th century)
  • The Main Altar with seating, Tabernacle, Retable, and 4 candlesticks (18th century)
  • The Main Altar (19th century)

Church Picture Gallery

• 

  Church of Saint Pierre interior

• 

  Stained Glass in the Church

• 

  Stained Glass in the Church

Facilities

The commune has a nursery school.

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

External links

• Aurions-Idernes on Lion1906
• Aurions-Idernes on Google Maps
• Aurions-Idernes on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (French)
• Aurious and Jderne on the 1750 Cassini Map
• Aurions-Idernes on the INSEE website (French)
• INSEE (French)