Barraute-Camu

Barraute-Camu

Barraute-Camu

Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Barraute-Camu (French pronunciation: [baʁot kamy]; Occitan: Berrauta e Camun) is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.[3]

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Geography

Barraute-Camu is located 2 km east by south-east of Sauveterre-de-Béarn and 4 km west by north-west of Montfort. Access to the commune is by the D936 highway from Abitain in the west which passes through the heart of the commune just south of the village and continues east to Araujuzon. The commune is almost all farmland except for some forest along the river and along the southern border.[4][5]

The Gave d'Oloron forms the northern border of the commune as it flows west to join the Gave de Pau at Peyrehorade to become the Gaves Réunis. The Ruisseau de Lapeyrère rises in the commune and flows north to join the Gave d'Oloron.[4][5]

Places and Hamlets

  • La Cabé
  • Camu
  • Campagne de Camu
  • Capulet
  • Crescent
  • Houch
  • Lageyre
  • Lahitau
  • Lasbignasses
  • Peyret
  • Théas

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Toponymy

The commune name in Occitan Gascon is Berrauta-Camun.

Michel Grosclaude said that the name comes from the basque berro: Broussailles and the collective suffix '-eta meaning "where there are no bushes" He also stated that Camu most likely comes from the Gascon kamy, the variant kamu meaning "fertile ground next to the river".[6]

The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

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Origins:

  • Sorde: Cartulary of Sorde[9]
  • Census: Census of Béarn[10]
  • Notaries: Notaries of Navarrenx[11]
  • Reformation: Reformation of Béarn[12]
  • Ohix: Contracts retained by Ohix, Notary of Soule[13]

History

Barraute appears as Barraute on the 1750 Cassini Map[8] and the same on the 1790 version.[14]

Camu appears as Camu on the 1750 Cassini Map[8] and does not appear on the 1790 version.[14]

Paul Raymond noted on page 21 and 40 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Barraute had 24 fires and Camu 11. Barraute was part of the bailiwick of Navarrenx and Camu in that of Sauveterre.[7]

The communes of Barraute and Camu were merged on 14 June 1841.[7]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors[15]

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Inter-communality

The commune is part of five inter-communal structures:

  • the inter-communal centre for social action of Community of communes of Béarn des Gaves;
  • the Communauté de communes du Béarn des Gaves;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the inter-communal association for management of drinking water from the Saleys and the Gaves;
  • the inter-communal association of Gaves and Saleys

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 174 inhabitants.

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Economy

The main activity is agricultural. The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée of Ossau-iraty

Culture and heritage

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint Cyprien and Saint Justine (Middle Ages) is registered as an historical monument.[18] It was restored in the 19th century.

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barraute-Camu.
  1. [1]
    "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. [3]
    INSEE commune file
  4. [4]
    Barraute-Camu on Google Maps
  5. [5]
    Barraute-Camu on the Géoportail from National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
  6. [6]
    Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2-35068-005-3(in French)
  7. [7]
    Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
  8. [8]
    Barraute and Camu on the 1750 Cassini Map
  9. [9]
    Cartulary of the Abbey Saint John of Sorde, published in the proofs of the History of Béarn by Pierre de Marca (in French)
  10. [10]
    Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  11. [11]
    Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  12. [12]
    Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  13. [13]
    Manuscripts from the 15th century in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
  14. [14]
    Barraute on the 1790 Cassini Map
  15. [15]
    List of Mayors of France (in French)
  16. [16]
    Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Barraute-Camu, EHESS (in French).
  17. [17]
    Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  18. [18]
    Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000667 Church of Saint Cyprien and Saint Justine (in French)
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