Eysus
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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