Guiche

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

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

Its name Basque is Gixune .

The name of inhabitant is gixundar out of Basque and guichot in Gascon.

Geography

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by the Adour and its affluent the Bidouze like by the tributary of this one, the brook of Armoun.
An affluent of the Merry , the brook of Termi, also sprinkles the commune.

Localities and hamlets

Arancette
the Village
Chuhenne
Large-Borders
Saint Martin's day

Communes bordering

Holy-Marie-of-Kid and Saint-Laurent-of-Kid, communes of the Moors in north
Hastingues (Moors) in the east
SAMES in the North-East
Bardos and Urt in the south.

Toponymy

The toponym Guiche appears in the forms Villa Guissen (XIIe, cartulaire of Bayonne) and Sanctus Joannes de Guiche (1687, collations of the diocese of Bayonne).

History

Paul Raymond, Viscount of Béarn, whose Charles VII had made his general lieutenant, the castle of Guiche, who confluence of Adour and Bidouze, protects the entry from the Labourd, fall to the hand from his attackers (December 15th, 1449), opening the voice with one equipped warlike which led Gaston IV through Labourd until Saint-Jean-with-Luz.
Single railway station of the Canton of Bidache, the Station of SAMES-Guiche, on the line of Bayonne to Toulouse, was inaugurated in 1912 and will have accommodated travellers until second half of the 20th century.

Administration

Intercommunality

The commune belongs to five inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of the Country of Bidache
Intercommunity association of protection of the banks of maritime Adour and of its affluents
Adour Trade union - Ursuia of noncollective cleansing
Trade union AEP of the area of Bidache
departmental Trade union of electrification.

Demography

Economy

The economy is mainly agricole.
A limestone quarry remains on the commune. It fed until 1993 the cement factory of Cements of Adour located at Boucau, by barges descending Adour.
An activity of manufacture of pieces of furniture also exists in Guiche.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

The castle of Guiche, also remains dukes of Gramont, has a high position and its walls are a very great thickness. After set fire tobeing set fire to, strengthened, rebuilt, taken by storm and devastated, its ruins are today in work of restoration just like the Château of Bidache. The renovated port allows walks in Galupe.
The manor known as old noble house of Labadie dates from XVIe siècle.
The farm of the locality of Large-Borders date of the XVIIe siècle.
The house the Merchant dates from the XVIIe siècle.
Guiche has houses of Master dating from the XVIIe siècles.
The pigeon one supported by three columns, having successively been used as school then of town hall, goes back to 1760.

Religious heritage

The church Saint-Jean-Baptist, which dates from XIIIe century, was increased during the next century because of the growing population. It conceals four canopies and a whole of furniture (a Virgin with the Child, a pulpit to be preached, a whole of the high altar, a furnace bridge of the XIXe century and other various parts) inventoried by the ministry for Culture
The cemetery contains a remarkable cross going back to 1775.

Equipment

The commune has an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

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