Aincille (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃sil];[2] Basque: Aintzilla)[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
Aincille
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Commune | |
A House in Aincille | |
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Coordinates: 43°08′44″N 1°11′38″W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Bayonne |
Canton | Montagne Basque |
Intercommunality | Pays Basque |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gilbert Oçafrain |
Area 1 | 6.26 km2 (2.42 sq mi) |
Population | 115 |
• Density | 18/km2 (48/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64011 /64220 |
Elevation | 198–755 m (650–2,477 ft) (avg. 240 m or 790 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 Aintzildars.[4]
The town is part of Cize Country in the former Basque province of Lower Navarre.
It is located some 50 km south-east of Bayonne and 5 km southeast of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.
The commune can be accessed by the D401 road from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the northwest to the village. From the village the D118 road goes north to join the D18 highway.[5]
Located in the drainage basin of the Adour, the northeastern border of the commune is marked by the Laurhibar river, which flows north to join the Nive north of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. A stream rises near the village and flows to the Laurhibar in the north-east. The Urtchipea rises in the south of the commune and flows northwest gathering many tributaries and joins the Nive de Beherobie at Saint-Michel. The Sassitako erreka rises southwest of the village and flows northwest joining the Laurhibar east of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.
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The commune name in basque is Aintzila meaning "hill of mud",[6] Aintzila[7] or Aintzil-Harrieta.[8]
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan wrote the name of the commune in the form Aïncille. He also indicated that in Basque the inhabitants are referred to as Aintzildar.[7]
The following table details the origins of the commune name.
Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
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Aincille | Aincibiu | 1264 | Mérimée | Village | ||
Aincibiu | 1309 | Orpustan | ||||
Ancivil | 1291 | Orpustan | ||||
Ancivil | 1292 | Mérimée | ||||
Ancil | 1304 | Mérimée | ||||
Ancil | 1344 | Orpustan | ||||
Ançill | 1307 | Mérimée | ||||
Ançill | 1307 | Orpustan | ||||
Ancibiu | 1350 | Mérimée | ||||
Ancibiu | 1350 | Orpustan | ||||
Aincile | 18th century | Raymond | 4 | Intendance | ||
Ancille | 1801 | Cassini | Bulletin des lois |
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Origins:
Part of Aincille territory next to the communes of Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan, Bustince-Iriberry, Çaro, Lecumberry, Mendive, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, and Saint-Michel, was taken on 11 June 1842 to form of the commune of Estérençuby.[11]
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Blazon: Quarterly, first Azure a bridge of Or masoned in sable debruised over a wave of argent in base, in chief 3 stars the same arranged in fesse; second of Or with an eagle displayed in sable; three vert a cow of Or collared and belled in azure posed in base surmounted by a sheep of argent horned in Or; fourth azure with a church in Or in profile roofed the same extended at dexter with a porch abased and surmounted at dexter by a belltower and steeple the same supporting a cross in sable, windows and doors the same..
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List of Successive Mayors of Aincille[12]
From | To | Name |
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1995 | 2008 | Jean Françaistéguy |
2008 | 2026 | Gilbert Oçafrain |
The commune belongs to six intercommunal structures:
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 123 | — |
1975 | 136 | +1.45% |
1982 | 113 | −2.61% |
1990 | 110 | −0.34% |
1999 | 103 | −0.73% |
2007 | 124 | +2.35% |
2012 | 129 | +0.79% |
2017 | 112 | −2.79% |
Source: INSEE[13] |
The town is part of the production area of Irouléguy AOC and the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.
Economic activity is mainly agricultural.
Aincille had long received saline (saline of Ugarré) since the 17th century and had the distinction of being a corporation with ownership of twenty-nine old houses of the town[14] and was reunited with the royal domain in 1683.
According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, the dialect of Basque spoken in Aincille is Eastern Low Navarrese.
The commune has several sites that are registered as historical monuments:
The commune has several religious sites that are registered as historical monuments: