Aydie (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Geography Aydie is located some 40 km north-east of Pau and 15 km east of Garlin. The northern border of the commune is the departmental border between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Gers and the eastern border is the border with Hautes-Pyrénées. Access to the commune is by the D292 road from Aubous to Arrosès which passes south through the west of the commune. The D317 branches off the D205 west of the commune and goes east through the commune to the village then continues east, changing to the D548 at the border, to join the D48. The commune is mainly farmland with scattered forests in the west.Google Maps
The Sager river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Adour at Saint-Mont. Several streams rise in the west of the commune and flow east to join the Sager including the Boutigué which forms part of the northern border of the commune.
Places and Hamlets
Aveillé Bardou Bayliot Boutigué Cau Caunille Le Château Curon Dabadie Estrémau Hardoy Jouandou Laforêt Lafosse Larribau Larrouy Laudique Lerp Maillet Marty Mondain Moulié Mourchette Moutha Parthonnaud Pellé Pessus Poey le Pucheu Saint-Martin Thillet
Neighbouring communes and villages
Toponymy The commune name in béarnais is Aidia. Michel Grosclaude said that the name probably has a common root with Aydius but the origin and meaning of the name 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 Aydie Aidie 1385 Raymond Census Village Aydia 1542 Raymond Census of Conchez B730, folio 93 Ayrie 1675 Raymond Reformation Aydie 1750 Cassini Abbadie Labadie 1385 Raymond Census Farm Abbadie 1863 Raymond Le Bernet Le Bernet 1863 Raymond Place Couquillon Couquillon 1863 Raymond Place L'Herm Lerm 1538 Raymond Reformation Hamlet L'Herm 1863 Raymond (Vassal of the Viscounts of Bearn) Mondérous Mondérous 1863 Raymond Vineyard Les Moulères Les Moulères 1863 Raymond Place Le Pas du Ber Le Pas du Ber 1863 Raymond Place Pouey Lo Poey de Seubemea 1487 Raymond Establishments Hamlet Lo Poey de Solamea 1546 Raymond Reformation Le Poey Sauvemea 1683 Raymond Reformation Poey 1750 Raymond Cassini Le Poey de Sauvemea 1863 Raymond
Sources:
Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750Cassini Map 1750 - Aydie
Origins:
Census: Census of BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Reformation: Reformation of BéarnManuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Establishments: Register of Establishments of BéarnManuscripts from the 15th and 16th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
History Paul Raymond noted on page 18 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1395 Aydie had 25 fires and Poey (Page 136) had 6 fires with both of them under the bailiwick of Lembeye.
Administration
List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1995 2020 Maurice Lacoste 2020 2026 Jean-Paul Cazenave
Inter-communality The commune is part of five inter-communal structures: the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn; the SIVU for roads in the Garlin region; the SIVU for the Lées and its tributaries; the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; the inter-communal association for drinking water in Luy-Gabas-Lées;
Demography
Economy The commune is part of the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zones of Madiran (Red Madiran wine), Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh (White Madiran wine), and Béarn.
Culture and heritage
Civil heritage The commune has many sites that are registered as historical monuments:
A Place at Poey (1567)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at Curon (1778)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at Moutha (1799)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at Parthonnaud (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at Mondain (1815)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Maison Lescher Farmhouse at Pessus (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Maison Lalanne Farmhouse at Lerp (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Maison Jouet Farmhouse at Maillet (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Maison Frouté Farmhouse at Dabadie (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at Estrémau (1859)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at Mourchette (1859)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Farmhouse at Laudique (1759)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Maison Moulié Farmhouse at Aveillé (1820)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée Houses and Farms (18th to 19th centuries)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Chateau Peyre (1895)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Chateau (destroyed) (17th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Fortified Building (12th century)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A CampMinistry of Culture, Mérimée A Camp at Pucheu (Prehistoric)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée
Religious heritage
The commune has three religious sites that are registered as historical monuments: A Monumental Cross at Mondain (1888)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée A Presbytery called House of little red pots (1848)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist (11th century).Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: A Statue: Virgin and Child (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy An Altar, Retable, and Altar Cross (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy 6 Altar Candlesticks (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Lighting Arm (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Painting: Christ on the Cross with Saint John, the Virgin, and Madeleine (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Retable (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy 6 Statuettes: Angel adoring, Saint Peter, Saint John, Saint Paul, and Saint Luke (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Tabernacle (1725)Ministry of Culture, Palissy An Altar with Altar seating (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy An Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, Retable, Lighting Arm, and 6 candlesticks (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Monstrance (1868)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Pill-box (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Chalice with Paten (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy 2 Paintings: Baptism of Christ and Preaching in the Desert (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Sideboard (19th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy A Baptismal font (18th century)Ministry of Culture, Palissy
Notable people linked to the commune Joseph Peyré, born in 1892 at Aydie and died in 1968 at Cannes, was a French writer. He won the Prix Goncourt in 1935 for his book Sang et Lumières (Blood and Lights). He evoked his native village under the pseudonym of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes.
See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
References
External links
Aydie on the 1750 Cassini Map