Arudy

Arudy is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine. It is one of both Chef-lieu of canton of the Vallée of Ossau.
Its inhabitants is Arudyens.

Geography

Located in Valley of Ossau, Arudy is built in a Coude Gave d' Ossau, in the west of a circus created with the Quaternaire by the Glacier S.

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by the following affluents of the Gave d' Oloron:
  • the brook Baycabe
  • the brook of the wood of Nougué
  • the arrèc of Lacerbelle
  • the brook Lamisou
  • the brook of Termy

The brook of Laguns, flow of the brook Ourtau, itself flow of the Gave d' Aspe (which joined the Gave d' Ossau with Oloron-Holy-Marie, thus forming the Gave d' Oloron) also sprinkles the territory of the commune.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Toponymy

The toponym Arudy appears in the forms Eruri (1270, titles of the Vallée of Ossau), Aruri (1343, notaries of Pardies), Erudi (1487, notaries of Ossau), Arudi (1538, reformation of Béarn), Saint-Germain d' Arudy (1607, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron).

It comes from the Basque harr = rock and uri = city.

History

The first traces of civilization date from the Préhistoire, more precisely of the Magdalénien. The excavations in four caves located on the territory of the commune (Maladore, Poeymaü, Saint-Michel, Espalungue) made it possible to discover bones, tools and of many shells of Escargot S.

The village of Eruri, or Aruri, is mentioned as from the 13th century. It is as from this time that the trade union of Ossau is created, which will allow a relative independence of the communes of the valley until the révolution.
Paul Raymond note which the commune counted a laic abbey, vassal of the Viscount of Béarn.

In 1385, Arudy counted 86 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Ossau.

It is at the 19th century that the city takes its economic advancement. Sawmill S and careers of Marbre are created, making live several hundreds of people. Only one career functions still today.

The February 29th 1980, Arudy is the epicentre of a seism magnitude 5,2 on the scale of Richter and intensity 7,5 on the scale MSK which lézarda of many buildings of the city. Thus the college had to be rebuilt.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to five inter-commune structures:
  • arranges public local management
  • SIVOM of the valley of Ossau
  • trade union of the perception of water Arudy
  • trade union of the valley of Ossau
  • trade union of electrification of Bas-Ossau.

The common one belongs to the Pays of Oloron and Haut-Béarn.

Demography

Economy

Arudy has varied an enough economic activity, mainly turned towards the breeding (it has an important center of breeding of sheep), but it also preserved an activity of marble extraction (gray-black) and of limestone, always in activity. Other industries concerning wood, the shaping of the marble and a foundry are present on the commune.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

  • the Pouts hotel: laic Abbey at the 17th century, then gendarmerie, the building was renovated in 1971 to accommodate a Musée, the House of Ossau. It was classified Historic building in 1992.
    • the House of Ossau exposes collections of regional archeology, specimens of the flora and Pyrenean fauna , local costumes.
  • Houses of XVIe and XVIIe centuries.
  • Bridge known as Roman .
  • Laundrettes of the XIXe century.
  • Arudy was rewarded for a flower to the Concours for the cities and flowered villages 2006.

Religious heritage

  • the church Saint-Germain (XIIe century, renovated at the XIXe century): Retable, Candlestick and fabric of the 17th century, cross of procession of the 18th century
  • the vault Saint-Michel

Equipment

  • the stratigraphic center of Palethnologie of Arudy.
  • Schools: the city has a college and an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

  • Jean Darriule, born on November 16th, 1774 in Arudy, is a French lieutenant-general. Its name is reproduced on the triumphal arch of Paris.
  • Edouard Piette, born in 1827, directed the excavations of the sites of the Paléolithique superior of Arudy.
  • Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq, born on April 25th, 1884 in Arudy is a racing cyclist.
  • Robert Barran, born on January 13rd, 1918 in Arudy, is a player of Rugby to XIII and of Rugby to XV
  • Georges Laplace, Préhistorien French born in 1918 and deceased in with Pau, in 1970 the center of stratigraphic Palethnologie of Arudy founded.

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