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

Geography

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by the Gave d' Aspe and by its affluents, the brooks the Ourtau and Branas.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

• Oloron-Holy-Marie in north
• Gurmençon in the North-West
• Asasp-Arros in the west
• Lurbe-Saint-Christau in south-west

Toponymy

The toponym Eysus appears in the forms Villa quœ vocatur Isuici (1077, titles of the abbey of Peña), Ezus (XIIIe century, for of Oloron), Esus (1251, cartulaire of Oloron), Eyssus , Eizus , Aisuus and Aïsus (respectively 1538,1544,1589 and 1675, reformation of Béarn).

History

Paul Raymond note that in 1385, Eysus depended on the Bailliage of Oloron and counted 24 fires.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to three inter-commune structures:

• the Community of communes of Piedmont Oloronais
• trade union of the source of the Dove
• trade union of television of Oloron-Valley of Winder

Demography

2004: provisional population of INSEE.

Economy

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

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

Religious heritage

The Saint-Pierre church, of Romance origin, was rebuilt at XVIe and XVIIe centuries.

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

The commune has an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

• Jean-Baptiste Pierre Saurine is an ecclesiastic and a politician French, born on March 10th, 1733 in Eysus and deceased on May 8th, 1813 with Strasbourg (the Low-Rhine).

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