Pagolle

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

The commune is located at horse on the border separating the Low-Navarre from the Soule.

Its name Basque is Pagola or Phagola .

Geography

The common one belongs to the country of Ostabarret.

The culminating point is Mehalzu (648 m).

Hydrography

Pagolle is crossed by the Pagolla Uraitza which takes its source on the commune and which is thrown in the Bidouze 16.2 km further with Uhart-Mixes after having crossed Lohitzun-Oyhercq and Larribar-Sorhapuru . This river constitutes the border between the Soule and the Low-Navarre .

Communes bordering

Arhansus, Uhart-Mixes and Lohitzun-Oyhercq in north
Ordiarp in the east
Juxue in the west
Saint-Just-Ibarre in south-west
Musculdy in the south

History

Administration

Intercommunality

Pagolle belongs to six inter-commune structures:

the Community of communes of Amikuze
trade union for the support for the Basque culture
intercommunity association for the operation of the schools of Amikuze
intercommunity association for the construction and the operation of THESE of St-Palate
trade union AEP of the Country of Drunk
departmental trade union of electrification.

Toponymy

The toponym Pagolle comes problament from pago , the Hêtre, abundant in the area (solid mass of the Arbailles, Forêt of Iraty).

The toponym Pagolle appears in the forms Grangia de Paguola in 1178, Pagaule in XIIIè century, Nostre-Gives of Paguole towards 1460 Pagola about 1470 (contracts of Ohix).

Demography

Culture and inheritance

Pagolle organized the Pastorale souletine in 1982 (title: Pette Basabürü writes by the father Junes Casenave).

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