Aramits

Aramits (French pronunciation: [aʁamits]; Occitan: Aràmits; Basque: Aramitze) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

[3] Bus route 848 of the Inter-urban network of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, which connects La Pierre Saint-Martin (a ski resort in Arette) to Oloron-Sainte-Marie, has a stop in Aramits.

The tributaries of the Joos: the Arriou de Sulu and the Bouhatéko erreka (with the Dragon) also flow through the commune.

Sources: Origins: Paul Raymond on page 7 of his 1863 dictionary that Aramits is the former capital of the Barétous valley and that there were two Lay Abbeys, vassals of the Viscounts of Béarn: The Abadie-Susan and Abadie-Jusan.

List of Successive Mayors[17] Aramits is part of five inter-communal structures: The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aramitsiens or Aramitsiennes in French.

The Town Hall.
Arms of Aramits
Arms of Aramits
Church and entrance to the old Lay Abbey
Stained glass by Michel Garicoïts at Aramits