Bardos

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

Located in the province of the Labourd, Bardos belongs to the Basque Country.

Its name Basque is Bardoze .

The name of inhabitant is Bardoztar .

Geography

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by two affluents of the Adour, the Joyeuse and the Bidouze.
Affluents of Merry, the Marmareko erreka, the brooks of Lartasso and Termi and Eyhéracharko erreka as well as the tributary of this last, the Ithurriague brook, also cross the commune.
Finally affluents of Bidouze, the brooks of Armoun and the Lihoury and the tributaries of this one, the brooks Arbéroue (as well as the affluent of this last, the brook of Jouan de Pès) and Gelous (as well as the affluent of this last, the Soft food brook), are also present on the territory of Bardos.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Guiche in north
Urt and Hasparren in the west
the Country house-Clairence and Orègue in the south
Hastingues (Moors) and Bidache in the east.

Toponymy

The toponym Bardos is mentioned in XIIIe century (cartulaire of Bayonne), and appears in the form Sancta Maria de Bardos (1693, collations of the diocese of Bayonne).
The toponym Lichabe appears).

History

Paul Raymond note that Bardos was a baronnie concerning Duché of Gramont.
In 1790, Bardos was the chief town of a canton including/understanding the communes of Bardos and Guiche, which depended on the district of Ustaritz.

Administration

Intercommunality

The commune belongs to ten inter-commune structures:

Mixed trade-union of studies for the development and the follow-up of the SCOT of the agglomeration of Bayonne and Sud of the Moors
SIVU Erreka Berriak
Intercommunity association of protection of the banks of maritime Adour and of its affluents
Intercommunity association for the artisanal zone of Ayherre
Bil Mixed trade-union Your Garbi
Nive Mixed trade-union - Adour - Ursuya for the development of the Countries of Hasparren and Adour
Trade union for the artisanal zone Etxecolu with Bardos
Trade union for the support for the Basque culture
Adour Trade union - Ursuia of noncollective cleansing
departmental Trade union of electrification.

Demography

2004: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

The activity is mainly agricole.
The Brasserie of the Basque Country is installed in Bardos.
Until the XIXe century, Bardos was re-elected for its concise activity.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

The castle of Salha dates from the XVIIe siècle.
Bardos has farms dating from XVIe, XVIIe and XVIIIe siècles.
The old town hall, in activity until in 1982, date of the XVIIIe siècle.
One also finds houses of Master of XVIe, XVIIe and XVIIIe siècles.
The manor says castle of Miremont dates from XVe century. The Miremont site, to 188 meters of altitude, offers a panoramic sight on the Pyrenees and Landes.
The mill of Ermont or Ermou or Bosc dates from XVe century.

Religious heritage

The church of the Assumption of the Happy-Virgin-Marie was rebuilt at the end of the XIXe century but it preserved the Romance porch of XIIIe century.
It has many parts indexed by the ministry for the Culture such as furnace bridges, candlesticks and confessionnaux.
It is located at the highest place of the borough to 128 meters of altitude.

Equipment

The commune has two elementary schools.

Personalities related to the commune

- Bruno Dolheguy, founder of the famous group of heavy metal " Killers "

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