Holy-Colome

Holy-Colome is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.
The inhabitants are called the Saint-Colombians or Saint-Colomois.

Its name inhabitant of Béarn is Senta-Coloma .

Geography

Hydrography

The commune is crossed by one afflent Béez (affluent of the Gave of Pau), the brook the Landistou (12,5 km in France).
Holy-Colome is also sprinkled by the brook of Ombratiou and its affluent, the brook of the fountain of Mesplé, itself fed on the territory of the commune by the brook of Subercase. The brook of Ombratiou is thrown in the Lestarrès brook, tributary of Béez.

Localities and hamlets

Communes bordering

Lily in the North-East
Sévignacq-Meyracq in the North-West
Louvie-Juzon in the south.

Toponymy

The toponym appears in the forms Sancta-Columba (about 1100, titles of Mifaget), Feels-Colome (1277, cartulaire of Ossau or Red book ), Sanctus-Silvester of Holy-Colome (1655, insinuations of the diocese of Oloron), Holy-Coulomme (1752, enumeration of Holy-Colome), Holy-Colomme (1863, dictionary of Paul Raymond).

According to the legend the name comes from holy Colombe, young martyrdom about year 300.

History

Paul Raymond note which the commune counted a laic abbey, vassal of the Viscount of Béarn.
In 1385, Holy-Colome counted 91 fires and depended on the Bailliage of Ossau.

Administration

Intercommunality

The common one belongs to six inter-commune structures:

SIVOM of the valley of Ossau
trade union of the perception of Arudy
trade union of teaching regrouping of Holy-Colome and Sévignacq-Meyracq
mixed trade-union of the Lake Castet
intercommunity association of cleansing of Holy-Colome
trade union of electrification of Bas-Ossau.

The common one belongs to the Pays of Oloron and Haut-Béarn.

Demography

Economy

The economy of the commune is primarily directed towards agriculture and the breeding like worms the horticulture (Hibiscus).
Marble careers, now closed, remain on the territory of the commune.

Culture and inheritance

Civil inheritance

prehistoric Caves decorated of cave paintings, where flints were found.
Oppidum protohistorique .
Castle, old strong house of XIIIe and XIVe centuries.
Houses of XVIe century.
Laundrette.

Religious heritage

Church New Year's Eve, of Gothic style blazing, XVe and XVIe centuries.
Stage on the Way of Pyrenean Piedmont (or el cami deu EP of the coste ), a secondary route of the Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle.
Martyrdom of Boilä Three crosses, dominating the village.

Equipment

The commune has an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

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