Anoye


Anoye is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. It is part of the urban area of Pau.

Geography

Anoye is located some 25 km north-east of Pau and 15 km west of Vic-en-Bigorre. It can be accessed by the D604 road coming north from the D7 just west of Baleix and continuing through the village and the commune north to Maspie-Lalonquere-Juillacq. The D224 road also goes east from the village to Momy and the D207 road forms part of the western border of the commune. The commune is heavily forested in the east and central west however there is a large area of farmland in a central north-south strip and also in the west.
The Léez river, a tributary of the Adour, flows from south to north in the east of the commune with a tributary forming the north-western border of the commune and another tributary forming part of the southern border. A further tributary flows east just south of the village into the Lees.

Historical Places and Hamlets

  • Astis
  • Bourdallé
  • Cantou
  • Capdepont
  • Chambord
  • la Commande or Lacommande
  • Dibat
  • Fustié
  • Gassiabère
  • Gué
  • l'Honoré
  • Hourticq
  • Lasbarthes
  • Latare
  • Lermanou
  • Mandou
  • Mouly d'Anoye
  • Mouly deu Poun
  • Nouaou
  • Perrieu
  • Pessarthou
  • Talabot
  • Teulé
  • Trianon
  • Les Trois Fontaines
  • Les Tuquets

Toponymy

The commune name in Bearnais is Anoja.
Brigitte Jobbé-Duval states that the origin of the name is Latin and refers to a "marshland".
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
NameSpellingDateSourcePageOriginDescription
AnoyeNoja1060GrosclaudeMarcaVillage
Anoia11th centuryRaymond6Saint-Pé
Anoia1131Grosclaude
Noye1212GrosclaudeMarca
Noia13th centuryRaymond6Fors de Béarn
le casteg d'Anoge1372Raymond6Malta
Noye1385Raymond6Census
Sanctus Orentius de Anoya1485Raymond6Malta
Noye1750Cassini
Annoye1801Ldh/EHESS/CassiniBulletin des lois
La BrousteLa Brouste1778Raymond36DenombrementWood
Caubin de SendetsLos Ospitals de Sendegs e de Caubin de l'ordie de Sent Johan de Jherusalem1341Raymond47 MaltaCommandery of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
L'Espitau de Sendetz d'Anoya1492Raymond47Pau
L'Espitau de Scendetz1538Raymond47Reformation
l'Espitau quy lo comanday de Cauby thien1548Raymond47Reformation
Caubii de Sendets1585Raymond47Anoye
Boirie Saint-Jacques1585Raymond47Anoye
la Commande de Sendets1585Raymond47Anoye
La CaveLa Cave1863Raymond47Place
Chemin de la Commandelo molin deu Pont sur le Lés1538Raymond51-52ReformationA way between Momy and Anoye, part of the Romiu way on the Way of St James. In 1538 it designated a Mill of the Commandery of the Order of St John of Jerusalem of Caubin and Morlaàs.

Sources:
  • Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006
  • Raymond:, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table.
  • Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750
  • Ldh/EHESS/Cassini:
Origins:

History

Brigitte Jobbé-Duval indicates that the village, a stop on the Way of Saint James of Compostela, was identified in the 11th century. There was also a hospital at Anoye run by the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem under the responsibility of the Commander of Caubin.
In 1385, according to the census demanded by Gaston Phoebus, the village of Anoye had 45 fires and depended on the Bailiwick of Lembeye. There was a market, three to four bakeries, and seven shops.
In 1648 the Barony of Lons became a marquisate which included Abitain, Anoye, Baleix, Castillon, Juillacq, Le Leu, Lion, Lons, Maspie, Oraàs, Peyrède, Sauvagnon, and Viellepinte. Paul Raymond noted that Anoye was a former archpriesthood of the diocese of Lescar, a member of the Commandery of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Caubin, and of Morlaàs.
Anoye was the chief town of a district called the Clau of Anoye comprising Anoye, Maspie, Juillacq, and Lion.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors
FromToName
19952014Jean Puyo
20142026Alain Lavoye

Inter-communality

Anoye is a member of four inter-communal structures:

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anoyais or Anoyaises in French.

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
  • A Fountain
  • A Hospital of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem and the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem of Sendets, founded in 1315. The hospital had two Maltese Boundary Markers called maltaises which are registered as historical objects. One has been in the Museum of Morlaàs since 1965 and the second has disappeared.
  • A Mill at Mouly deu Poun
  • A Mill at Mouly d'Anoye
  • A Bridge over the Léez.
  • A Fortified Complex was a lordship present in the 11th century.
  • A former Lay Abbey at Astis
  • The Castaing House
  • The Sanglar House
  • The Teinto House
  • The Puyo-Ladevèse Farmhouse at Mandou
  • The Poudjet Farmhouse
  • A Farmhouse at Pessarthou
  • A Farmhouse at Nouaou
  • A former Town Hall and School
  • The Loste Farmhouse
  • A Farmhouse at l'Honoré
  • A Farmhouse at Lermanou
  • A Farmhouse at Bourdallé
  • A Farmhouse at la Commande
  • A Farmhouse at Hourticq
  • The Guithou House
  • A Farmhouse at Fustié
  • A Farmhouse at Cantou
  • Houses and Farms
  • The Chateau de Salettes
  • The '''Maison Commune'''

Religious heritage

The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:
Anoye is a stage on the via Tolosane on the Way of St James.