Aurions-Idernes
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Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region
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| Coordinates: 43°32′20″N 0°08′14″W / 43.5389°N 0.1372°WCoordinates: 43°32′20″N 0°08′14″W / 43.5389°N 0.1372°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Pau |
| Canton | Lembeye |
| Intercommunality | Canton de Lembeye en Vic-Bilh |
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| • Mayor (2008–2020) | Nadine Oulie |
| Area1 | 6.32 km2 (2.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)2 | 110 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64079 /64350 |
| Elevation | 136–284 m (446–932 ft) (avg. 173 m or 568 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.
Aurions-Idernes is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aurionais or Aurionaises.
Aurions-Idernes is located some 50 km north by north-east of Pau and 12 km north-west of Maubourguet. Access to the commune is by the D205 road from Séméacq-Blachon in the south which passes through the length of the commune on the eastern side and continues north to join the D317. Access to the village is by the D219 road from Arrosès in the east which passes through the village and continues south-west to join the D13 near Cadillon. The commune is mainly farmland with some forested areas.
The Larcis river forms most of the eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Lées east of Ségos. Several unnamed tributaries rise in the commune and flow east to join the Larcis.
The commune name in béarnais is Aurions-Idèrnas. Michel Grosclaude indicated that Aurions is probably from the Latin man's name Aurius with the suffix -onis giving "Domain of Aurius". The origin of the name Idernes however remains obscure.
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
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Origins:
Paul Raymond noted on page 17 of the 1863 dictionary that in 1385 Aurions and Idernes depended on the bailiwick of Lembeye and respectively had 11 and 13 fires.
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