Amorots-Succos

Amorots-Succos Amorotze-Zokhozü
Commune
The Town Hall at Amorots
Location of Amorots-Succos
Amorots-Succos Amorots-Succos
Coordinates: 43°21′58″N 1°06′39″W
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Arrondissement	Bayonne
Canton	Pays de Bidache, Amikuze et Ostibarre
Intercommunality	Pays Basque
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Arnaud Abbadie
Area 1	15.20 km2 (5.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	230
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	64019 /64120
Elevation	65–266 m (213–873 ft) (avg. 104 m or 341 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Amorots-Succos (Basque: Amorotze-Zokhozü) 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.

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.

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

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. Pierre Lhande, in his Basque-French Dictionary, 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	5	Chapter
	Amorotz	1413	Orpustan
	Amorotz	1513	Raymond	5	Pamplona
Succos	Sanctus Martinus de Trussecalau	1160	Orpustan			Village
	Sucox	1268	Orpustan
	Succos	1304	Orpustan
	Ssucos	1350	Orpustan
	Çucoz	1413	Orpustan
	Suquos	1513	Raymond	164	Pamplona
Croix Goïty	Croix Goïty	1863	Raymond	72		Shrine
Croix d'Ichorox	Croix d'Ichorox	1863	Raymond	81		Shrine
Ospitaléa	Zabala y l’Ospital	1513	Raymond	127	Pamplona	Farm with a small chapel nearby dependent on the Commandery of Irissary
	L'Hopital d'Amorots	1708	Raymond	127	Irissarry
	Ospital	1863	Raymond	127
Troussecaillau	Troussecaillau	1863	Raymond	169		Fief, vassal of the Kingdom of Navarre

Sources:

• Orpustan: Jean-Baptiste Orpustan, New Basque Toponymy
• Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)

Origins:

• Chapter: Chapter of Soule
• Pamplona: Titles of Pamplona
• Irissarry: Regulations of the Commandry of Irissarry (in French)

History

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

Administration

List of Successive Mayors

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.

The fiscal census of 1412-1413 carried out 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 ports 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 1695 counted 40 fires at Amorots and 32 at Succos. The total at the 1758 census was 74 fires at Amorots.

In 2017 the commune had 232 inhabitants.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 305 —     1800 310 +0.23% 1806 236 −4.44% 1821 363 +2.91% 1831 356 −0.19% 1836 330 −1.51% 1841 473 +7.47% 1846 462 −0.47% 1851 437 −1.11% 1856 402 −1.66% 1861 405 +0.15% 1866 413 +0.39% 1872 396 −0.70% 1876 385 −0.70% 1881 377 −0.42% 1886 407 +1.54% 1891 358 −2.53% 1896 332 −1.50%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 356 +1.41% 1906 352 −0.23% 1911 358 +0.34% 1921 337 −0.60% 1926 356 +1.10% 1931 328 −1.62% 1936 307 −1.31% 1946 324 +0.54% 1954 291 −1.33% 1962 267 −1.07% 1968 249 −1.16% 1975 244 −0.29% 1982 267 +1.30% 1990 222 −2.28% 1999 204 −0.94% 2007 218 +0.83% 2012 235 +1.51% 2017 232 −0.26%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

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:

Historical population of Succos

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1793	129	—
1800	118	−1.27%
1806	126	+1.10%
1821	125	−0.05%
1831	133	+0.62%
1836	144	+1.60%
Source: EHESS

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), The cemetery wall serves as a fronton.
• The Parish Church of Saint Luce (1880) at Amorots.

Picture Gallery

• 
  A farm at Amorots
• 
  The church at Succos with, at left foreground, the Basque cemetery and its Fronton
• 
  The Saint Luce Church at Amorots and its fronton
• 
  A fronton at Succos
• 
  A Hilarri with a cross at Succos
• 
  Hilarri at Amorots
• 
  Hilarri at the Succos cemetery
• 
  Hilarri at Succos
• 
  Basque hilarri at Succos

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

External links

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