Andrein

Andrein is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.

Its inhabitants is called Andreinais.

Geography

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the Gave d' Oloron, affluent of the Gave of Pau, and by its tributaries the arrèc Héuré, the arriou Tort (and by the affluent of this last, Lourou), the brooks of Lapeyrère and Maiourau.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Burgaronne and Orion in north
Orriule in the east
Sauveterre-with-Béarn in the west
Barraute-Camu and Laàs in the south

Toponymy

The toponym Andrein appears in the forms Andrenh (1385, censier of Béarn), Andreinh (1544, reformation of Béarn) and Sanctus Petrus d' Andrein (1674, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron).

History

Paul Raymond note which the commune counted a laic abbey, vassal of the Viscount of Béarn.
In 1385, Andrein counted 17 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Sauveterre.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to four inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of Sauveterre-to-Béarn
intercommunity association of the gaves and Saleys
trade union AEP of the area of Saleys
departmental trade union of electrification.

Demography

2005: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

The activity is mainly agricultural.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

Personalities related to the commune

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