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

Its name Basque is Urdiñarbe .

Geography

Hydrography

The grounds of the commune are sprinkled by the Saison, and its affluent, the brook Arangorena (12,5 km) and the affluent of this one, the Abarakia brook (supplied to him with the Lachartia brook on the territory of the commune).
The Quihilliri brook, tributary of the Pagolla Uraitza (16,2 km), also crosses the commune.
An affluent of the Bidouze, Ihityko Erreka, also sprinkles the territory.

Localities and hamlets

• Ahetzia (Ahetxiri)
• Garraibi
• Larhunzun ( Larhunsune , Laursun , Larransun ) district of the Jentein house.
• Ibar eskuina
• Jauregi
• Khalbegi
• Lambarre
• Larregi
• Lartzabal
• Miranda
• Napal or Naphal
• Small Salharranka
• “Bayonne”
• Bubble

Communes bordering

• Ainharp and Lohitzun-Oyhercq in north
• Garindein in the North-East
• Gotein-Libarrenx and Idaux-Mendy in the east
• Pagolle and Musculdy in the west
• Aussurucq in the south.

Toponymy

The toponym Ordiarp appears in the forms Urdiarb (1375, contracts of Luntz), Hospitau de Urdiarp (1421, chapter of Bayonne), Feels-Miqueu Urdiarp (about 1460, contracts of Ohix) and Feel-Miguel de Urdiarbe (1479, chapter of Bayonne).
The toponym Garraibi appears in the forms Garraibie (1422, chapter of Bayonne), Guarraybie and Garraybie (respectively about 1460 and in 1747, contracts of Ohix), Garrabia (1479, chapter of Bayonne) and Garraïbe (1863, topographic dictionary Basque Béarn-Country).

History

Ordiarp is an old commandery which depended on the abbey of Roncevaux.

Administration

Intercommunality

Ordiarpappartient with eight inter-commune structures:

• the Community of communes of Drunk-Xiberoa
• trade union for the support for the Basque culture
• intercommunity association of transport of Musculdy - Ordiarp
• intercommunity association for the construction and the operation of THESE of Mauléon
• trade union AEP of Ostabarret
• trade union AEP of the Country of Drunk
• trade union of cleansing of the Country of Drunk
• departmental trade union of electrification.

Demography

The figure of population for 2004 is that of the provisional population established by INSEE.

Economy

The activity is primarily turned towards agriculture (breeding of rams Manech black head and russet-red and pastures). The commune shelters the departmental Center of the breeding ovin
An old thermal spring was exploited in Garraibi.

Culture and inheritance

One can read in an enumeration of the commandery of Ordiarp going back to 1479 that when he dies some parishioner in the Saint-Michel church of Ordiarp, he has accustomed to give, if it is a man a sheep, if it is a woman a ewe, and the pôvres a hen .

Ordiarp has its festival of the music with the festival " müsikaren egüna" (" day of the musique" in Souletin) which is held in May of each year.

Civil inheritance

• the camp protohistoric strengthened known as of Gastelusare was registered with the historic buildings in 1980
• Nombreuses medieval houses in the borough of the village.
• exceptional Lintel on the main door of a house to the green shutters located behind the church.
• Castle of Ahetzia

Religious heritage

The Romance church of XIIe century (church Saint-Michel), was classified with the historic buildings in 1922.

Environmental inheritance

Equipment

The commune has an elementary school.

Personalities related to the commune

• Bernard de Goyenetche says Matalas, priest of Moncayolle, took in 1661 the head of a revolt of peasants souletins against the increase in the royal taxes. It was stopped in Ordiarp and was decapitated.

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