Charre

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

Geography

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the Saison, affluent of the Gave d' Oloron, and by its tributaries, the brooks Laxubie (11,3 km) and Borlaas.

Localities and hamlets

the borough
the district Cherbeys
the district of High
the district of Bisqueys
the district of El Salvador

Communes bordering

Rivehaute in north
Araujuzon, Araux and Viellenave-with-Navarrenx in the North-East
Castetnau-Camblong in the east
Lichos and Nabas in the west
Angous in south-east
Espès-Undurein in south-west
Arrast-Larrebieu in the south

Toponymy

The toponym Charre appears in the forms Sxarre (1385, censier of Béarn), Xarra (1513, titles of Béarn) and Sanctus Petrus de Charre (1618, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron).

History

Paul Raymond note that in 1385 Charre depended on the Bailliage of Sauveterre and counted 27 feux.
At the XVIIe century, Charre was the chief town of the viguery of Mongaston.
Since 1542, a vat allowed the crossing of the Gave d' Oloron: the nau of Xarra .

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to eight inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of the canton of Navarrenx
SIVOM of the canton of Navarrenx
intercommunity association of Gaves and Saleys
intercommunity association of the gaves of Oloron and Mauléon
trade union of the perception of Navarrenx
trade union AEP of the Country of Drunk
trade union AEP of Rivehaute - Nabas - Charre - Gestas
departmental trade union of electrification.

Demography

2005: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

The activity is mainly agricultural (breeding, pastures, mixed-farming).

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

The Castle of Mongaston: Insulated, perched on a hill like a small eyrie, drawn up vis-a-vis the bank souletine of the Season, of which it orders a ford, it belonged obviously, with Labastide-Villefranche and Sauveterre-with-Béarn, with the belt of defense of the Viscount of the Béarn. If it had particular lords, those strengthened it for the service of the sovereign. Although it was strongly altered at the 18th century, it seems to date from the 13th century: this narrow and slim, high strong house of two stages, with four pointed roof and mullioned windows, could indeed quite simply be arranged in the primitive keep, which would go back to Gaston VII. Thus is explained best the watch tower which was with the northern angle, between the second and third levels, and of which remain the base, and an open hole. The beautiful polygonal tower, that one says of the 14th century, in any case was so obviously attached to the remainder of the carcass work heavy castings, which the outdatedness threatens today of in détacher.
Some lords of Mongaston are attested in XIVe and the 16th century. In 1658 the castle is acquired by Jean of Peyré, nephew of the captain of the musketeers of Tréville. In 1692 it passes by marriage to Pierre de Casamayor de Gestas, and in 1847 in the famous Xavier de Bachoué de Barraute. Then the family estate abandoned to the insults of the years, sold, and was finally devastated in 1929 by a fire, which found in the roof of shingles a food of choix.
It was not any more whereas one ruin, and one would have strongly surprised the visitors of the time in their saying that these some walls broussailleux and shaking could live again. However, the miracle occurred: with the assistance of voluntary teams, her current owner Mrs. Garnier-Collot, in addition going down from the former lords of the manor, courageously saved it, restored, and ensures some estival animation. One will see a collection of headstocks inside evoking the history of Béarn, some curious pieces of furniture and a family documentation, XVIIe with the XIXe siècle.
Outside, one put at the day a furnace, a well, and famous “the underground”, which, so often mythical in the old castles, exists indeed here: one walks on the top of his vault.

Religious heritage

On the Via Podiensis of the Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle, this medieval fortified town perched on a hill was used in XVIe century of stage to the pilgrims as Saint-Jacques.
The Saint-Pierre church dates from the XIXe century.

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

Personalities related to the commune

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