Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast


Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
The people of the commune are known as Aiziriztar.

Geography

Location

The commune is part of the Mixe country in the French Basque Country of Lower Navarre. It is located immediately north of Saint-Palais. Highway D29 runs north from Saint-Palais through the entire commune from south to north and passing through the town. The D529 Highway runs east from the commune to its junction with Highway D134. Highway D933 enters the commune in the southeast and runs north along the eastern side of the commune to exit in the north.

Hydrography

The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour and is watered by the Bidouze, a tributary of the Adour, and it has its tributaries: the Joyeuse and the Eyherachar and Recalde streams.

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The commune's name in Basque is Aiziritze-Gamue-Zohazti.
For Aïcirits, Jean-Baptiste Orpustan proposed the Basque etymology aitz, meaning "high" and aratze, meaning "fern patch", giving "high fern patch" or "rocky fern patch".
He also indicated that Suhast may come from zuhaztoi, meaning "plantation of trees".
The inhabitants of Camou are known as Gamuar and the inhabitants of Suhast are known as Zohaztiar.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
AïciritsSanctus Martinus de Assiriz1160OrpustanVillage
Ayxiritz1316Orpustan
Aysiriz1350Orpustan
Aychiritz1413Orpustan
Ayxeriis1472Raymond
3
Notaries
CamouSactus Petrus de Camono1160OrpustanVillage
Camou-Mixe13th centuryRaymond
39
Bayonne
Camo1304Orpustan
Chamo1309Orpustan
Gamo1350Orpustan
Camo1413Orpustan
Camur1472Raymond
39
Notaries
Camo en Micxe1479Raymond
39
Ohix
Camo1519Raymond
39
Navarre
Camu1621Raymond
39
Biscay
Camon1621Ldh/EHESS/CassiniBiscay
Camou-Mixe1863Raymond
39
SuhastSancta Maria de Suhast1160OrpustanVillage
Suhast1316Orpustan
Suast1350Orpustan
Suhast1413Orpustan
Suast1513Raymond
164
Pamplona
SalhaÇalaha1384Raymond
153
DuchesneChateau and Fief, subject to the Kingdom of Navarre
La maison deu senhor de Salha en lo pays de Micxe1547Raymond
164
Navarre
Uhart-JusonUhart-Juson1863Raymond
170
Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre

Sources:
Origins:
Suhast, formerly the village of Camou-Mixe, joined Aïcirits and Camou-Mixe on 22 March 1842.

Heraldry

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast
FromToNamePartyPosition
19952014Guy ÉnécoCPNT
2014CurrentChantal ErguyCPNT

Administrative Associations

The commune is linked to the following administrative bodies :
The town depends on the district court of Bayonne, the High Court of Bayonne and the Court of Appeal of Pau.

Inter-communality

The commune belongs to six inter-communal structures:

Economy

Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast is classified by the INSEE among the communes which are predominantly rural areas in the hilly agricultural region of the Basque Country. It is part of a favoured agricultural area known as "simple".
The registered office of the Lur Berri company, a large food cooperative group, is located in Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast.
The town is part of the designated zone of Ossau-iraty.
It also hosts other companies in the agri-food sector as one of the first fifty two communes of the department:

Languages

According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, the dialect of Basque spoken in Aicirits-Camou-Suhast is eastern low Navarrese.
The village has a cave at Camou closely linked to the Basque legend of Txahalgorri, the young red bull.

Civil heritage