Aincille

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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.[https://www.google.com/maps/place/64220+Aincille,+France/@43.1352455,-1.1964894,6651m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xd572adc3c497c37:0x40665174813aef0?hl=en Google Maps]

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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• Ahadoa
• Aïntzilsarria
• Bassaburua
• Bentaberria
• Berho
• Chiramberroa
• Esconda
• Etcheverrigaraya
• Gamaberria
• Goyhenetchéa
• Handiague
• Harchilo
• Jaureguia
• Oilloquy
• Pagola
• Sahaby
• Sotalda

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|North = Saint-Jean-le-Vieux

|Northeast = Bussunarits-Sarrasquette

|East = Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan

|Southeast = Lecumberry

|South = Estérençuby

|Southwest = Saint-Michel

|West = Çaro

|Northwest = Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

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The commune name in basque is Aintzila meaning "hill of mud",Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000872|IA64000872 Presentation of Aincille Commune}} {{in lang|fr}} Aintzila or Aintzil-Harrieta.Pierre Lhande, Dictionary basque-French, Éditions Beauchène, 1 April 1997, {{ISBN|2-7010-0532-9}} {{in lang|fr}}

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.

The following table details the origins of the commune name.

Sources:

• Mérimée: Presentation of the Commune of Aincille on the Ministry of Culture website
• Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ie-LeqGXat8C&q=Nouvelle+toponymie+basque New Basque Toponymy]Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ie-LeqGXat8C&q=Nouvelle+toponymie+basque New Basque Toponymy], Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, {{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-Ehess|718|Aincille}}

Origins:

• Intendance: Intendance of PauTitles of the intendance of Pau - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang|fr}}

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.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/32845?op=4&primR=1&idi=fr®s=10&EIKVOVOZ=esteren%E7uby&pos=1 Article on Estérençuby in the Encyclopedia Auñamendi]

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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[http://www.francegenweb.org/mairesgenweb/chercher.php List of Mayors of France]

The commune belongs to six intercommunal structures:

• the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
• the AEP association of Ainhice
• the energy association for Pyrenees-Atlantiques
• the intercommunal association for the development and management of the slaughterhouse at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
• the joint association for the watershed of the Nive
• the association to support Basque culture.

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|1968 |123

|1975 |136

|1982 |113

|1990 |110

|1999 |103

|2007 |124

|2012 |129

|2017 |112

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The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aintzildars.[https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques], habitants.fr

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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 townPhilippe Veyrin, The Basques, Arthaud, 1975, {{ISBN|2 7003 0038 6}}, page 23. {{in lang|fr}} 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.

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The commune has several sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• Houses and Farms (18th-19th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000966|IA64000966 Houses and Farms}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Idiondoa Farmhouse (1617){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000861|IA64000861 Idiondoa Farmhouse}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Ahadoberria Farmhouse (1768){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000860|IA64000860 Ahadoberria Farmhouse}} {{in lang|fr}}

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The commune has several religious sites that are registered as historical monuments:

• The Croix de Carrefour (Crossroads Cross) Wayside Cross{{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00084306|PA00084306 Croix de Carrefour}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Cemetery Cross (17th century){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|PA00084307|PA00084307 Cemetery Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• The Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist (Middle Ages){{Mérimée Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée|IA64000857|IA64000857 Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist}} {{in lang|fr}} The church contains two items that are registered as historical objects:
• A Processional Cross (18th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000025|PM64000025 Processional Cross}} {{in lang|fr}}
• A Statue: Virgin and child (13th century){{Palissy Icon}}Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy|PM64000024|PM64000024 Statue: Virgin and child}} {{in lang|fr}}

;Church Picture Gallery

Aincille Church Main Altar.JPG|Aincille The Main Altar

Aincille Church Processional Cross.JPG|The Processional Cross

;Stained Glass

Aincille Church Stained Glass Saint Basile.JPG|Saint Basile

Aincille Church Stained Glass Saint Joachin.JPG|Saint Joachin

Aincille Church Stained Glass Saint Pierre.JPG|Saint Pierre

Aincille Church Stained Glass Sainte Anne.JPG|Saint Anne

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• [http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.1455&lon=-1.1938&zoom=13 Aincille on the 1750 Cassini Map]

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