Amorots-Succos (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Amoroztar in Basque.Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of placenames - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, Toponymy of Amorotze-Zokotze

Geography Amorots-Succos is located some 50 km east by south-east of Bayonne and 10 km north-west of Saint-Palais in the former Basque province of Lower Navarre. It can be accessed by the D123 road from Beguios in the east passing west through the village and the commune and continuing to La Bastide-Clairence. The D14 from Meharin to Garris also passes through the southern tip of the commune. The commune is mixed forest and farmland with no other villages or hamlets.Google Maps

Hydrography Numerous streams rise and flow through the commune including the Ruisseau d'Isaac Berds which forms part of the western border and flows to the Laharanne which eventually joins the Lihoury far to the north, the Jelesseko Erika forming the south-eastern border, the Ruisseau de Cherrits in the south, the Ruisseau d'Otherguy, and many other unnamed streams.

Places and Hamlets

Aguerréa Ameztoya (ruins) Amiasorhoa Ansobieta Apatia Apetchéko Borda Arangoïza Arangoïzgaraya Arrabichta Berdeko Borda Berhuéta Bertrahandy Bibens Bidamberrita Bidegain-de-Gain Bidegain-de-Pé Biscayluzia Bordaberria Cachantéguy Carricaburua Chastriaborda (ruins) Culuteguia Damassia Ehulondoa Errékaldéa Errékartéa Etchebérria Etcheverria Etorania Garatéa Garateko Borda Haranéa Ichobox Ichorotzia Idiartia Iratzéburia Isaac-Borda Jauberria Jelosséa Joanteguia Kakila Kurku Larraldéa (2 places) Larréa Lascouéta Laurenzenia Legarria Miscoria Olha Olhakoborda Olharanne Ospilatéa Oxarania Pacharreta Padagoya Sarhia Sékailénia Sorhuéta Succos Tipulatéya Uhaldia

Géoportail, IGN

Toponymy Brigitte Jobbé-Duval proposed a forest origin for Amorots meaning "the land of oaks". Succos derives from the Basque zoko meaning "isolated country".

The current spelling in Basque is Amorotze-Zokotze.Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Bassque language Pierre Lhande, in his Basque-French Dictionary,Pierre Lhande, Basque-French Dictionary, Labourdin, Lower Navarrese, and Souletin, Beauschène, Paris, 1926 indicated the spelling Sokueze for Succos.

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

Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description Amorots Sanctus Vicentius de Maroz 1160 Orpustan Village Maroth 1160 Orpustan Morotz 1160 Orpustan Amoros 1268 Orpustan Amarotz 1305 Orpustan Amarotz 1306 Orpustan Amaroz 1350 Orpustan Amoroz 1402 Raymond Chapter Amorotz 1413 Orpustan Amorotz 1513 Raymond Pamplona Succos Sanctus Martinus de Trussecalau 1160 Orpustan Village Sucox 1268 Orpustan Succos 1304 Orpustan Ssucos 1350 Orpustan Çucoz 1413 Orpustan Suquos 1513 Raymond Pamplona Croix Goïty Croix Goïty 1863 Raymond Shrine Croix d'Ichorox Croix d'Ichorox 1863 Raymond Shrine Ospitaléa Zabala y l’Ospital 1513 Raymond Pamplona Farm with a small chapel nearby dependent on the Commandery of Irissary L'Hopital d'Amorots 1708 Raymond Irissarry Ospital 1863 Raymond Troussecaillau Troussecaillau 1863 Raymond Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre

Sources: Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque ToponymyJean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011

Origins: Chapter: Chapter of SouleChapter of Soule in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pamplona: Titles of PamplonaTitles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda Irissarry: Regulations of the Commandry of IrissarryTitles of the Commandry of Irissarry in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques

History The village of Succos was united with Amorots on 16 August 1841.

Administration

List of Successive MayorsList of Mayors of France From To Name 1995 2026 Arnaud Abbadie

Inter-Communality The commune belongs to six inter-communal associations: The Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque the AEP Association of Mixe Country the Energy Association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques the inter-communal association for the operation of schools in Amikuze the Association to promote Basque culture the educational grouping association for Amorots-Succos, Arraute-Charritte, Béguios, Masparraute, and Orègue

Demography In 1350 there were 5 fires at Amorots and 10 at Succos.Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, Collective work, Amikuze - the Mixe Country, Éditions Izpegi, 1992, , p. 77

The fiscal census of 1412-1413Census cited by Manex Goyhenetche in his General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, , p. 26 . In the same work Manex Goyhenetche indicated on page 284 that there was an average of 5.5 people per fire. carried outTranscribed and published by Ricardo Cierbide, Censos de población de la Baja Navarra, Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen, 1993 on the orders of Charles III of Navarre compared to the census of 1551 of men and arms that are present in the Kingdom of Navarre on this side of the portsDepartmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, E 575, transcribed by Louis Baratchart in The Friends of Old Navarre, January 1995, pages 44-54 revealed a population in high growth. The first census showed 4 fires at Amorots while the second showed 13 (12 + 1 secondary fire). The same at Succos: the first census showed 5 fires and the second 19 (16 + 3 secondary fires).

The census of the population of Lower Navarre in 1695Bibliothèque nationale, 6956, Moreau Register 979, cited by Manex Goyhenetche in his General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, , p. 299 counted 40 fires at Amorots and 32 at Succos. The total at the 1758 census was 74 firesCensus cited by Manex Goyhenetche in his General History of Basque Country - Vol. 3, Elkarlanean, 2001, , p. 282 . at Amorots.

From 1793 to 1836 the population above was only for Amorots which was separate from Succos. The population for Succos for that period is shown below:

Economy The commune forms part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty.

Culture and Heritage

Languages According to the Map of the Seven Basque Provinces published in 1863 by Prince Louis-Lucien Bonaparte the dialect of Basque spoken in Amendeuix-Oneix is eastern low Navarrese.

Religious Heritage Two religious sites in the commune are registered as historical monuments: The Church of Saint-Martin of Succos, Cemetery, and old Guardhouse (12th century),Ministry of Culture, Mérimée The cemetery wall serves as a fronton. The Parish Church of Saint Luce (1880)Ministry of Culture, Mérimée at Amorots.

Picture Gallery

Facilities Education Amorots-Succos, Masparraute, Orègue, Béguios, and Arraute-Charritte are associated through an educational regrouping (R.P.I. AMOBA)

See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department

References

External links AMOROTZE-ZOKOTZE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) Amorots-Succos on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Amorots and Succos on the 1750 Cassini Map