Arette

See also: Arette (homonymy)

Arette is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.
Its inhabitants is called Arettois.

Geography

The commune of Arette belongs to the Arrondissement of Oloron-Holy-Marie and belonged to the Canton of Aramits which counts six communes: Ance, Aramits, Arette, Féas, Issor and Lanne-in-Barétous.

This village is located in the Vallée of Barétous between the Vallée of Winder at the east and the Soule at the west (one of the provinces of the Basque Country French). Located at the borders of the Béarn, it is in contact with the Basque Country and of the Spain, and includes/understands the station of altitude of Pierre Saint Martin's day.

With its 9.223 hectares, it is a very vast commune of mountain. It culminates with 2.315 meters of altitude in Soum de Couy near the Pic of Annie (2 504 m), not highest in the west of the Pyrenean chain and which extends on both sides from the Vert of Arette on a score of kilometers until the bottom of the valley, where one finds the borough old of Arette to the dimension 316 Mr.

The south of the commune, the Spanish border and the Vallée of Roncal (in particular the commune of Isaba) allow increasingly important international exchanges.

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by an affluent of the Gave d' Oloron, the Vert, and its affluents:
  • the Daurèye Slaughtering and its affluent:
    • the arrèc of Benou and its affluent:
      • the brook of Aurèye
  • the arrèc of Ibarcis
  • Lancy
  • the brook of Gurré and its affluent:
    • the brook of Lagaretche
  • the brook of Hournères and its affluent:
    • Ouettone
  • the brook of Légorre and its affluent:
    • Cassiau de Ber
  • the brook of Nécore
  • the brook of Soulayets
  • the brook of Talou Large
  • Virgou and its affluent:
    • Arrigau and its affluent:
      • Bachère

The commune is also sprinkled by:

  • the Gave de Lourdios, affluent of the Gave d' Aspe, and its affluents:
    • Arric
    • Moulia and its affluents:
      • the arrèc of Casteigt
      • the brook of Poussious

  • the Gave of Holy-Engrâce, affluent of the Season, and an affluent:

    • Montcholako Erreka

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

The commune is frontier with the Spain (common of Isaba, Navarre) which is located at the south.

Toponymy

The toponym Arette appears in the forms Areta (1186, titles of Barcelona), Rete (1383, contract of Luntz), Arete (1385, cencier of Béarn), Erete (1440, titles of the valley of Barétous), Aretha and Eretha (1444, payments of the Court Majour de Béarn), Hereta (1538, reformation of Béarn).

The toponym comes from the Basque rear (= stone) and from the rental suffix - eta, which means stony place .

History

In 1385, Arette counted 87 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Oloron.
August 13rd, 1967, the village of Arette is partially destroyed by a Séisme which killed a person.

Administration

Intercommunality

Arette belongs to 6 inter-commune structures:
  • the Community of communes of the Valley of Barétous
  • SIVU Verna
  • departmental trade union of electrification
  • intercommunity association of studies and installations of the catchment area of the Green and of its affluents
  • mixed trade-union of Pierre Saint Martin's day
  • mixed trade-union of Haut-Béarn.

Demography

Economy

The economy of the commune is primarily directed towards agriculture and the breeding (bovines and sheep), as well as the forestry development.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

  • Museum of Barétous

Religious heritage

Old laic abbey of the 17th century, registered with the additional inventory of the historic buildings on October 28th, 1968.

Environmental inheritance

  • botanical Path

Sports events

The commune is located on the way of the 16th stage of the Tour de France 2007 which will take place on July 25th. The course of 218 kilometers will connect Orthez to Gourette - Collar of Aubisque.

Equipment

There is a public college with Arette, the college of Arette Barétous, as well as an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

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