Arbérats-Sillègue
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
Arbérats-Sillègue
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| Coordinates: 43°20′33″N 0°59′41″W / 43.3425°N 0.9947°WCoordinates: 43°20′33″N 0°59′41″W / 43.3425°N 0.9947°W | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne | |
| Canton | Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre | |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2020) | Sauveur Arnaud Bacho | |
| Area1 | 5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 307 | |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64034 /64120 | |
| Elevation | 60–153 m (197–502 ft) (avg. 126 m or 413 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.
Arbérats-Sillègue (Basque: Arberatze-Zilhekoa) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arberaztar.
Arbérats-Sillègue is located in Mixe Country in the former Basque province of Lower Navarre, 3 km north-east of Saint-Palais and 10 km south-west of Sauveterre-de-Béarn. The D933 road from Saint-Palais to Osserain-Rivareyte in the north passes through the northern part of the commune. The D134 road passes through the east of the commune from Sussaute in the north continuing south to join the D11 road west of Domezain-Berraute. Access to the village is by country road from the western border passing through the village and going east to join the D134.
The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour. The Ruisseau de Recaide forms part of the northern border flowing north-west to join the Bidouze. The Ruisseau d'Eyherachar rises north-east of the village and flows west through the commune then south forming part of the western border before joining the Bidouze just south of Aïcirits (Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast).
The name of the commune in basque is Arberatze-Zilhekoa.Paul Raymond indicated on page 161 of his 1863 dictionary that Sillègue in Basque was Silhecoa.
Jean-Baptiste Orpustan suggested two possible origins of the name Arbérats, both from basque: ar(r)-bera (or beratz) meaning ’fragile’ or ’friable'; or, together with the word arbel, meaning a "black stone" (Slate).Brigitte Jobbé-Duval also interpreted Arbérats as place of slate.
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