:Arhansus

File:Arhansus Bidouze.jpg at Arhansus]]

Arhansus is located in the former basque province of Lower Navarre some 10 km south of Saint-Palais and 8 km north-east of Larceveau-Arros-Cibits. Access to the commune is solely by country roads with at least two country roads connecting the village to the D933 road from Larceveau-Arros-Cibrits to Uhart-Mixe which passes outside and parallel to the western border of the commune. The commune consists almost entirely of farmland with a few small patches of forest.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/64120+Arhansus/@43.2547412,-1.0196831,6796m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd56da2d8c9a0607:0x40665174813ace0?hl=en Google Maps]

The Bidouze river forms the western border of the commune flowing north with two small streams rising in the commune and joining it. One stream is the northern border of the commune.

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• Aguerrengoyhenko Borda (ruins)
• Bidartia
• Bordaberria
• Carricondoa
• Castellu Cahara or Gastelusare
• Charcoa
• Cuçuluteguia
• Elgartia
• Etchessaria
• Eyhera
• Eyheraberria
• Goyhenetchea
• Haramberria
• Harispouria
• Hirrundoya
• Inchaurrague
• Ithurbidia
• Larrondoa
• Lastapia
• Mendionda
• Olieta
• Portasanse
• Solaquia
• Uligainia

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[http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-1.0344,43.2583&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Géoportail], IGN {{in lang|fr}}

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|Centre = Arhansus

|North = Uhart-Mixe

|Northeast = Lohitzun-Oyhercq

|East = Ainharp

|Southeast = Pagolle

|South = Juxue

|Southwest = Larceveau-Arros-Cibits

|West = Ostabat-Asme

|Northwest = Orsanco

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The commune's name in basque is Arhantsusi (or ArhantsusePierre Lhande, Dictionary Basque-French, 1926 {{in lang|fr}}). The name is based on the basque radical Arhan-, Arran- from where Arhantz is derived but the etymology "where blackthorn abounds"Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000791|IA64000791 Presentation of the commune of Arhansus}} {{in lang|fr}} is uncertain.

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

Sources:

• Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ie-LeqGXat8C&q=arhansus New Basque Toponymy]Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ie-LeqGXat8C&q=arhansus New Basque Toponymy], Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, p. 93 {{ISBN|2 86781 396 4}} {{in lang|fr}}
• Raymond: [https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees], 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. {{in lang|fr}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCHmbiipFIC Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees], Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 {{in lang|fr}}
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=4.2583&lon=-1.0344&zoom=13 Cassini Map 1750 – Arhansus]

Origins:

• Pamplona: Titles of PamplonaTitles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda {{in lang|es}}

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|text=Blazon of the Arhansus Family of Lower Navarre

Blazon:

Gules, 15 billets Or at orle.

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{{Blazon-arms

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|legend1=Arms of the Etchepare (Arhansus) family

|text=Blazon of the Etchepare (Arhansus) Family - former fief of the Kingdom of Navarre

Blazon:

Party per fesse, 1 Or, 2 Gules with a crescent inverted Argent.

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List of Successive Mayors[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/resultcommune.php?id=22153 List of Mayors of France] {{in lang|fr}}

Arhansus is part of seven inter-communal structures:

• the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque;
• the AEP association of Ostabaret;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• the inter-communal association for the single purpose of Oztibarre Garbi;
• the inter-communal association for the development and management of the slaughterhouse at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port;
• the association for the operation of schools in Ostibarret;
• the association to support Basque culture.

In 2017 the commune had 74 inhabitants.

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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|1240|Arhansus}} and INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64045#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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|1793 |193

|1800 |159

|1806 |190

|1821 |171

|1831 |187

|1836 |213

|1841 |192

|1846 |181

|1851 |177

|1856 |163

|1861 |137

|1866 |150

|1872 |125

|1876 |146

|1881 |136

|1886 |120

|1891 |99

|1896 |115

|1901 |122

|1906 |117

|1911 |125

|1921 |121

|1926 |115

|1931 |114

|1936 |124

|1946 |131

|1954 |116

|1962 |109

|1968 |95

|1975 |102

|1982 |97

|1990 |98

|1999 |81

|2007 |72

|2012 |71

|2017 |74

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Economic activity is mainly agricultural. the commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

File:Arhansus Ferme.jpg

Several sites in Arhansus are registered as historical monuments:

• The Protohistoric Camp at Castellu Cahara{{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00084316|PA00084316 Protohistoric Camp at Castellu Cahara}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}} at an altitude of 361m
• A second Protohistoric Camp at Portasanse.{{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00084414|PA00084414 Protohistoric Camp at Portasanse}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}
• Houses and Farms (18th-19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000820|IA64000820 Houses and Farms}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}

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The Parish Church of Saint-Étienne (15th century){{Mérimée Icon}} is registered as an historical monument.Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000767|IA64000767 Parish Church of Saint-Étienne}} {{in lang|fr}}{{Camera}}

;The Church

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• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

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• [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil?c=-1.0344,43.2583&z=7.92265E-5&l=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.3D$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS@aggregate(1)&l=ADMINISTRATIVEUNITS.BOUNDARIES$GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes Arhansus on Géoportail], National Geographic Institute (IGN) website {{in lang|fr}}
• [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.2583&lon=-1.0344&zoom=13 Arhansus on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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Category:Lower Navarre