Roquiague
Roquiague is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.
Its Basque name is Arrokiaga .
Geography
Hydrography
The Lausset, which feeds further the Gave d' Oloron, crosses the commune. It is the same of its affluents, the Ascania brooks and Bassagaits.
Localities and hamlets
Communes bordering
- Chéraute in north
- Mauléon-Licharre in the North-West
- Barcus in the east
- Gotein-Libarrenx and Menditte in the west
- Sauguis-Saint-Etienne in south-west.
Toponymy
The toponym Roquiague appears in the forms Aroquiaga and Aroquiague (respectively 1478 and 1495, contracts of Ohix).
History
Roquiague is an old priory of the diocese of Oloron.
Administration
Intercommunality
Roquiague belongs to five inter-commune structures:- the Community of communes of Drunk-Xiberoa
- trade union for the support for the Basque culture
- intercommunity association for the construction and the operation of THESE of Mauléon
- trade union AEP of the Country of Drunk
- departmental trade union of electrification.
Demography
Economy
The activity is primarily turned towards agriculture (breeding and pasture).
Culture and inheritance
Civil inheritance
Religious heritage
Environmental inheritance
Equipment
Personalities related to the commune
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