Aydie

Aydie is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

Aydie is located some 40 km north-east of Pau and 15 km east of Garlin. The northern border of the commune is the departmental border between Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Gers and the eastern border is the border with Hautes-Pyrénées. Access to the commune is by the D292 road from Aubous to Arrosès which passes south through the west of the commune. The D317 branches off the D205 west of the commune and goes east through the commune to the village then continues east, changing to the D548 at the border, to join the D48. The commune is mainly farmland with scattered forests in the west.
The Sager river forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Adour at Saint-Mont. Several streams rise in the west of the commune and flow east to join the Sager including the Boutigué which forms part of the northern border of the commune.

Places and Hamlets

Aveillé
Bardou
Bayliot
Boutigué
Cau
Caunille
Le Château
Curon
Dabadie
Estrémau
Hardoy
Jouandou
Laforêt
Lafosse
Larribau
Larrouy
Laudique
Lerp
Maillet
Marty
Mondain
Moulié
Mourchette
Moutha
Parthonnaud
Pellé
Pessus
Poey
le Pucheu
Saint-Martin
Thillet

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is Aidia. Michel Grosclaude said that the name probably has a common root with Aydius but the origin and meaning of the name remains obscure.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Aydie	Aidie	1385	Raymond	18	Census	Village
	Aydia	1542	Raymond	18	Census of Conchez B730, folio 93
	Ayrie	1675	Raymond	18	Reformation
	Aydie	1750	Cassini

Abbadie	Labadie	1385	Raymond	1	Census	Farm
	Abbadie	1863	Raymond	1

Le Bernet	Le Bernet	1863	Raymond	29		Place

Couquillon	Couquillon	1863	Raymond	53		Place

L'Herm	Lerm	1538	Raymond	77	Reformation	Hamlet
	L'Herm	1863	Raymond	77

Mondérous	Mondérous	1863	Raymond	115		Vineyard

Les Moulères	Les Moulères	1863	Raymond	118		Place

Le Pas du Ber	Le Pas du Ber	1863	Raymond	132		Place

Pouey	Lo Poey de Seubemea	1487	Raymond	136	Establishments	Hamlet
	Lo Poey de Solamea	1546	Raymond	136	Reformation
	Le Poey Sauvemea	1683	Raymond	136	Reformation
	Poey	1750	Raymond	136	Cassini
	Le Poey de Sauvemea	1863	Raymond	136

Sources:

Raymond:, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table.
Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006
Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750

Origins:

Census: Census of Béarn
Reformation: Reformation of Béarn
Establishments: Register of Establishments of Béarn

History

Paul Raymond noted on page 18 of his 1863 dictionary that in 1395 Aydie had 25 fires and Poey had 6 fires with both of them under the bailiwick of Lembeye.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

From	To	Name
1995	2020	Maurice Lacoste
2020	2026	Jean-Paul Cazenave

Inter-communality

The commune is part of five inter-communal structures:

the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn;
the SIVU for roads in the Garlin region;
the SIVU for the Lées and its tributaries;
the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
the inter-communal association for drinking water in Luy-Gabas-Lées;

Demography

In 2017 the commune had 140 inhabitants.

Economy

The commune is part of the appellation d'origine contrôlée zones of Madiran, Pacherenc-du-vic-bilh, and Béarn.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has many sites that are registered as historical monuments:

A Place at Poey
A Farmhouse at Curon
A Farmhouse at Moutha
A Farmhouse at Parthonnaud
A Farmhouse at Mondain
The Maison Lescher Farmhouse at Pessus
The Maison Lalanne Farmhouse at Lerp
The Maison Jouet Farmhouse at Maillet
The Maison Frouté Farmhouse at Dabadie
A Farmhouse at Estrémau
A Farmhouse at Mourchette
A Farmhouse at Laudique
The Maison Moulié Farmhouse at Aveillé
Houses and Farms
The Chateau Peyre
A Chateau
A Fortified Building
A Camp
A Camp at Pucheu

Religious heritage

The commune has three religious sites that are registered as historical monuments:

A Monumental Cross at Mondain
A Presbytery called House of little red pots
The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist. The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
*A Statue: Virgin and Child
*An Altar, Retable, and Altar Cross
*6 Altar Candlesticks
*A Lighting Arm
*A Painting: Christ on the Cross with Saint John, the Virgin, and Madeleine
*A Retable
*6 Statuettes: Angel adoring, Saint Peter, Saint John, Saint Paul, and Saint Luke
*A Tabernacle
*An Altar with Altar seating
*An Altar, Altar seating, Tabernacle, Retable, Lighting Arm, and 6 candlesticks
*A Monstrance
*A Pill-box
*A Chalice with Paten
*2 Paintings: Baptism of Christ and Preaching in the Desert
*A Sideboard
*A Baptismal font

Notable people linked to the commune

Joseph Peyré, born in 1892 at Aydie and died in 1968 at Cannes, was a French writer. He won the Prix Goncourt in 1935 for his book Sang et Lumières. He evoked his native village under the pseudonym of Saint-Jean-des-Vignes.