Arraute-Charritte

Arraute-Charritte

Arrueta-Sarrikota
Arraute-Charritte Arrueta-Sarrikota
Commune
	The Bakery
	Coat of arms
	Location of Arraute-Charritte
	Arraute-Charritte Arraute-Charritte
	Coordinates: 43°23′59″N 1°06′20″W / 43.3997°N 1.1056°W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
Intercommunality	CA Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christian Guillemin
Area 1	22.81 km2 (8.81 sq mi)
Population (2023)	440
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64051 /64120
Elevation	8–192 m (26–630 ft) ; (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Arraute-Charritte (French pronunciation: [aʁot ʃaʁit]; Occitan: Arrauta-Charrita; Basque: Arrueta-Sarrikota)^[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arruetar.^[4]^[5]

Geography

Arraute-Charritte is located in the former province of Lower Navarre some 40 km east by south-east of Bayonne and 15 km north-west of Saint-Palais. Access to the commune is by the D11 road from Bidache in the north passing through the commune east of the village and continuing to Masparraute in the south. Access to the village is by the D246 from Orègue in the west passing the village then south-west to Masparraute. The D313 also passes down the western border of the commune from the D11 south of Bidache and joins the D246 west of the village. The D310 goes east from the D11 north of the village to Bergouey-Viellenave. There are forests in the north-east and north-west of the commune with a band of patchy forest through the centre. The rest of the commune is farmland.^[6]

There is a stop in the commune on bus route 870 from Tardets-Sorholus to Bayonne on the Interurban Network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

The Bidouze river forms the north-eastern border of the commune with the Ruisseau de Mandeheguy flowing into it there. Numerous other streams rise all over the commune and flow east to the Bidouze. The Ruiusseau de Bordaberry rises in the north of the commune and flows west to join the Apatharena which forms the western border of the commune and continues north to join the Lihoury. Numerous other streams rise in the commune and flow to the Apatharena.^[6]

Places and Hamlets

Ameztoya
Ansobieta
Aphatepe
Aphatiague
Arraute
Ascoundreguy
Atchuquia
Ayenia
Baratchartia
Barneto
Beigtanborda
Bellevue
Bellereta
Bentaberry
Bertranteguia
Biscaborda
Biscagoitia
Biscaya
Bissargorry
Bordaberry
Bordakoborda
Bousquets
Camoussarria
Charritte
Charrittounia
Chilocoa
Costenenia
Elhordoy
Elizondokoborda
Ermit
Ermitaborda
Etchari
Etchebestia
Etchemendikoborda
Etchemendy
Ithurrongarat
Fitounia
Galharreta
Garatia
Garaya
Goihenech
Grachigno
Harria
Héguia
Iratchet
Iriatia
Iribarnia
Jauregia
Labenta
Larralde-Borda
Borde Larralde
Larraldia (two places)
Laxague (ruins)
Mandio
Mendiburia
Manéchans (ruins)
Millafranque
Miquelet
Olheguy
Oquelargainia
Othaburia
Oxobia
Oyhanburia
Oyhenart
Oyhenartia
Patatouch
Phagoa
Borde dou Rey
Saharcet
Santacoits
Sarrailh
Sorhigarat
Sorhigaratborda
Souquirats
Trouilh
Urrutia

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Toponymy

The commune name in basque is Arrueta-Sarrikota.^[3]^[5]

Jean-Baptiste Orpustan^[8] indicated that Charrite came from Sarri-ko-(e)ta meaning "place of small bushes". However, there is no certainty of the origin of the name Arraute.

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

Name	Spelling	Date	Source	Page	Origin	Description
Arraute	Arraute	1125	Orpustan	79		Village
	Sanctus petrus de arraute	1160	Orpustan	79
	Arrauta	13th century	Raymond	11	Duchesne
	Araute	1350	Orpustan	79
	Arraute	1413	Orpustan	79
	Arrauta	1513	Raymond	11	Pamplona
	Arruela	1621	Raymond	11	Biscay

Charritte	Sanctus Joannes de Sarricte	1160	Orpustan	79		Village
	Sarrite	1316	Orpustan	79
	Ssarriette	1381	Orpustan	79
	Sarrk oete	1413	Orpustan	79
	Sarricoata	1513	Raymond	48	Pamplona
	Charrite	1750	Cassini
	Charrite	1801	Ldh/EHESS/Cassini		Bulletin des Lois

Le Coud	Le Coud	1863	Raymond	53		Wood

Éliçaïcine	Éliçaïcine	1863	Raymond	58		Fief of the Kingdom of Navarre

Élicetche	Élicetche	1863	Raymond	58		Fief of the Kingdom of Navarre

Chemin de l'Ermite	Chemin de l'Ermite	1863	Raymond	59

Ithorrondo	Yturrondo	1621	Raymond	84	Biscay	Farm

Sources:

Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)^[9]
Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy^[8]
Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750^[10]
Ldh/EHESS/Cassini: Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Charritte, EHESS (in French).

Origins:

Duchesne: Duchesne collection volume CXIV^[11]
Pamplona: Titles of Pamplona^[12]
Biscay: Martin Biscay^[13]

History

The commune of Arraute and its village, Charritte-Mixe, were merged on 27 June 1842.^[9]

Heraldry

Arms of Arraute-Charritte	Blazon: Vert, a lion Argent.^[14]

Administration

List of Successive Mayors^[15]

From	To	Name	Party	Position
1995	2001	Robert Gratien		CEO
2001	2026	Christian Guillemin		Driver

Inter-communality

The commune is part of six inter-communal structures:

the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque
the AEP association of Pays de Mixe;
the educational regrouping association of Amorots-Succos, Arraute-Charritte, Beguios, Masparraute, and Orègue;
the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
the inter-communal association for the functioning of schools in Amikuze;
the association to support Basque culture.

Demography

The population data given in the table and graph below include the former commune of Charritte, absorbed in 1842.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	536	—
1821	695	+0.93%
1846	735	+0.22%
1872	712	−0.12%
1901	662	−0.25%
1926	535	−0.85%
1946	506	−0.28%
1962	471	−0.45%
1968	444	−0.98%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	418	−0.86%
1982	376	−1.50%
1990	365	−0.37%
1999	322	−1.38%
2007	324	+0.08%
2012	388	+3.67%
2017	385	−0.16%
2023	440	+2.25%

Source: EHESS^[16]^[17] and INSEE^[18]

Economy

The town is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone designation of Ossau-iraty.

Budget and Taxation

Dwelling Tax: 9.04% (2003)^[19]
Property tax: 6.39% (built properties)
Business Tax: 7.97%

The local economy is mainly based on agriculture:

Agriculture: cereals (wheat, barley, corn);
Viticulture;
Livestock: cattle, sheep, pigs, geese, and ducks (foie gras);
Forestry (oak);
Heliciculture (snail farming).

Culture and Heritage

Civil heritage

The village is typically Basque and has some Maisons à colombages (timbered houses).

Religious heritage

The Parish Church of Saint-Pierre in Arraute (19th century) is registered as an historical monument.^[20]
The Funeral Chapel of Samacoitz is also part of the religious heritage.

Environmental heritage

The Banks of the Bidouze are classified as a Natura 2000 site.^[21]

Education

Amorots-Succos, Masparraute, Orègue, Béguios, and Arraute-Charritte have created together an inter-communal educational grouping (R.P.I. AMOBA^[22]).

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
1 2 ARRUETA-SARRIKOTA, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)
↑ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
1 2 Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language (in French)
1 2 3 Google Maps
↑ Géoportail, IGN (in French)
1 2 Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)
1 2 Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
↑ Cassini Map 1750 – Charrite
↑ Duchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian - Bibliothèque nationale de France
↑ Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda (in Spanish)
↑ Derecho de naturaleza que la merindad de San-Juan-del-pie-del-puerto, una de las seys de Navarra, tiene en Castilla, 1622 (in Spanish)
↑ Guy Ascarat Archived November 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in French)
↑ List of Mayors of France (in French)
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arraute-Charritte, EHESS (in French).
↑ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Charritte, EHESS (in French).
↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
↑ Official website of the General Directorate of Taxation Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000686 Parish Church of Saint-Pierre (in French)
↑ The Bidouze on Natura 2000 (in French)
↑ R.P.I. AMOBA website (in French)

External links

Arraute-Charritte on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
Arraute and Charritte on the 1750 Cassini Map

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[2] "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[AES-3] 1 2 ARRUETA-SARRIKOTA, Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia (in Spanish)

[4] Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, Archives and Culture, ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)

[Toponimia_(leku-izenak)-5] 1 2 Euskaltzaindia - Academy of the Basque language (in French)

[Google-6] 1 2 3 Google Maps

[Géo-7] Géoportail, IGN (in French)

[Orpustan-8] 1 2 Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy, Presses universitaires de Bordeaux, 2006, ISBN 2 86781 396 4 (in French)

[Raymond-9] 1 2 Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)

[Cassini-10] Cassini Map 1750 – Charrite

[Duchesne-11] Duchesne Collection, volumes 99 to 114, containing the papers of Oihenart, former Imperial Librarian - Bibliothèque nationale de France

[Pampelune-12] Titles published by don José Yanguas y Miranda (in Spanish)

[13] Derecho de naturaleza que la merindad de San-Juan-del-pie-del-puerto, una de las seys de Navarra, tiene en Castilla, 1622 (in Spanish)

[14] Guy Ascarat Archived November 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine (in French)

[15] List of Mayors of France (in French)

[ehess-16] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Arraute-Charritte, EHESS (in French).

[17] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Charritte, EHESS (in French).

[pophist-18] Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE

[19] Official website of the General Directorate of Taxation Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

[20] Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA64000686 Parish Church of Saint-Pierre (in French)

[21] The Bidouze on Natura 2000 (in French)

[22] R.P.I. AMOBA website (in French)

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