Ainharp
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 43°15′41″N 0°55′45″W / 43.2614°N 0.9292°WCoordinates: 43°15′41″N 0°55′45″W / 43.2614°N 0.9292°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Montagne Basque |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Jean-Pierre Arhanchiague |
| Area1 | 14.07 km2 (5.43 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)2 | 140 |
| • Density | 10.0/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64012 /64130 |
| Elevation | 129–426 m (423–1,398 ft) (avg. 199 m or 653 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Ainharp (Basque: Ainharbe) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Ainharbars. or Ainharbear.
Ainharp is located some 50 km west by southwest of Pau, 15 km southeast of Saint-Palais, and 10 km north-west of Mauleon-Licharre. It is part of the former province of Soule.
The commune can be accessed by road D242 from Lohitzun-Oyhercq in the west passing through the village and continuing southeast to Mauleon-Licharre. The D344 road also goes to the north from the village through the commune then east to Espes-Undurein. The commune terrain is undulating of mixed farmland and forest.
Located in the drainage basin of the Adour, the commune is the source of numerous streams including the Lagardoye which forms part of the south-eastern border, the Quihilleri which forms much of the western border, and the Lafaure which forms much of the northern border.
The commune name in Basque is Ainharbe.
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan proposed two etymological interpretations:
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
Sources:
Origins:
Paul Raymond noted on page 4 of his 1863 dictionary that the commune was a former priory in the diocese of Oloron and that there was a hospital for pilgrims.
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