Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren

Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren
Commune
The Saison river in Autevielle
Location of Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren
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Coordinates: 43°23′29″N 0°58′15″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Canton	Orthez et Terres des Gaves et du Sel
Intercommunality	CC Béarn Gaves
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Patrick Balesta
Area ^1	6 km^2 (2 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	205
• Density	34/km^2 (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64083 /64390
Elevation	37–197 m (121–646 ft) (avg. 65 m or 213 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren is located some 20 km south-west of Orthez and 9 km north-east of Saint-Palais. Access to the commune is by road D936 from Abitain in the north which passes through the length of the commune and the village then continues east. The D246 goes west from the village to join the D134 west of the commune. The D140 goes south from the village to Osserain-Rivareyte. The west of the commune is mostly forest while the east is mostly farmland.[2]

The Gave d'Oloron forms the north-western border of the commune as it flows north-west to join the Gave de Pau forming the Gaves réunis at Peyrehorade. The Saison flows through the commune from the south-west and joins the Gave d'Oloron on the north-western border.[2]

Places and hamlets[3]

• Arrécot
• Autevielle
• Les Bains
• Barthou
• Bideren
• Le Bosc
• Le Camou
• Les Campagnes
• Le Château
• Les Gats
• Gerberu
• Hau
• Héouga
• Hyeyte[4]
• L’Île
• Labie
• Laborde
• Lagouardette
• Les Partilles
• Petit
• Saint-Martin

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

Toponymy

The name Autevielle in béarnais is Autivièla.

The name Bideren in béarnais is Vidèren.

For the name Autevielle Michel Grosclaude proposed two Latin origins: alta villa ("high town") or Altina villa ("Domain of Altinus").[5]

For the name Bideren Michel Grosclaude proposed a probable origin of the man's name Vital with the gascon suffix -enh.[5]

For the name Saint-Martin Michel Grosclaude indicated that it undoubtedly came from the Bishop of Tours - Martin of Tours.[5]

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

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Autevielle	Autebiele	1379	Raymond	17	Chapter	Village
	Autebiele	1385	Grosclaude		Census
	Lo passadge d'Autebielle	1442	Raymond	17	Contracts
	Le pont d'Autabiela	1542	Raymond	17	Reformation
	Autavielle	1546	Raymond	17	Reformation
	Authevielle	1728	Raymond	17	Denombrement
	Hautevielle	1750	Cassini
Bideren	Lo pont de Bideren	1342	Raymond	31	Bayonne	Village
	Videren	1385	Raymond	31	Census
	Saint-Jacques de Biderein	1674	Raymond	31	Insinuations
	Bidezen	1793	EHESS	31
	Bideren	1750	Cassini
	Bidéren	1863	Raymond	31
Saint-Martin	Sent-Marti	1376	Raymond	150	Military	Village
	Sent-Marthin	1379	Raymond	150	Béarn
	Sent-Marthii de Garanhoo	1385	Raymond	150	Census
Barrailla	Barrailla	1863	Raymond	21		Spring of mineral water
Castéra	La mota aperade lo Casteras	1547	Raymond	44	Bearn	Motte-and-bailey castle on the border of Bearn and Mixe country
	Castéra	1863	Raymond	44
Haubis	Haubis	1863	Raymond	76		Place
Hyeyte	la Hüte de Sent-Marthii	1385	Raymond	78	Census	Farm
	La Fieyta de Sanct-Martii, Lafiite, la Hieyta	1538	Raymond	78	Reformation
	La Fieyte	1546	Raymond	78	Reformation
	La Hiete	1588	Raymond	78	Reformation
	La Hiette	1863	Raymond	78
Nolivos	Noliboos	1544	Raymond	123	Béarn	Farm

Sources:

• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)[4]
• Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 (in French)[5]
• Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750[6]
• EHESS: Bideren page on the EHESS Cassini website[7]

Origins:

• Chapter: Chapter of Autevielle[8]
• Census: Census of Béarn[9]
• Contracts: Contracts retained by Carresse, Notary of Béarn[10]
• Reformation: Reformation of Béarn[11]
• Denombrement: Denombremont of Gassion[12]
• Bayonne: Titles of the Chapter of Bayonne[13]
• Insinuations: Insinuations of the Diocese of Oloron[14]
• Military: Military Inspection of Béarn[15]
• Béarn: Titles of the Viscounts of Béarn[16]

History

Paul Raymond noted that in 1385 Autevielle and Saint-Martin together had 11 fires with 8 fires at Bideren. They depended on the bailiwick of Sauveterre.

The communes of Autevielle, Saint-Martin, and Bideren merged on 18 April 1842.[4]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[17]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2014	Fernand Lavigne	UMP
2014	2020	Patrick Balesta

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

The commune is part of six inter-communal structures:

• the Community of communes of Sauveterre-de-Béarn;
• the inter-communal social action centre of Sauveterre-de-Béarn;
• the SIGOM;
• the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
• the inter-communal association for the management of drinking water from the Saleys and the gaves;
• the inter-communal association of the gaves and the Saleys;

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 173 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger communes that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Population change (See database)

1793	1800	1806	1821	1831	1836	1841	1846	1851
364	309	-	404	376	416	425	400	396

1856	1861	1866	1872	1876	1881	1886	1891	1896
386	383	371	323	328	513	374	364	389

1901	1906	1911	1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954
375	362	332	327	320	282	280	272	237

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010	-
204	177	164	164	205	121	-	173	-

Sources: Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Population of Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren

Economy

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

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The commune has one religious building that is registered as an historical monument:

• The Parish Church of Saint Martin (1896)[18]

See also

• Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

External links

• Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren on Lion1906
• Autevielle-Saint-Martin-Bideren on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
• Haute vielle and Nolivos on the 1750 Cassini Map

Notes and references

Notes

1. At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force on 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Google Maps
3. Géoportail, IGN (in French)
4. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
5. Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3 (in French)
6. Cassini Map 1750 - Asson
7. Page on Bideren on the EHESS Cassini project website (in French)
8. Chapter of Autevielle E. 2078 in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
9. Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
10. Contracts retained by Carresse, Notary of Béarn in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
11. Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
12. Manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
13. Chapter of Bayonne in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
14. Manuscripts from the 17th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
15. Manuscript from 1376 in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
16. Titles of the Viscounts of Béarn in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
17. List of Mayors of France (in French)
18. Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000672 Parish Church of Saint Martin (in French)