Anhaux () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is part of the former province of Lower Navarre. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Anhauztar. Geography Anhaux is located some 2 km west of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and some 10 km south of Ossès. Access to the commune is solely by country roads branching from the D15 road passing to the north of the commune. The commune consists of farmland in the north with the southern part more rugged and hilly. The commune is drained by several left tributaries of the Nive (Adour drainage basin). The Ontzeroneker erreka - a tributary of the Nive d'Arnéguy - with many tributaries rising in the commune forms the southern border with Lasse commune. A right tributary of the Berroko erreka, the Aparraineko erreka flows down from the Artzaïnharria (971 m). Localities and hamlets The Napoleonic land registry divided the commune into 16 districts in 1840: Districts in Section A called The Village village church Berterretcheco bordaldia Chubitoa Espillacoborda Lececo borda Mendione Ourdoy Districts in Section B called Honçaron Elhorichury Haspalaunecoborda Laco Listour Erreca Mounocabal Mounhoa Olheguy Tambourinanea Heguy was an old district, extending that of Choubitoa. Today, the following localities are listed: Alcateneko Borda Amigna Aparrainéko Ithurria Apezteguikoborda Azaldeyko Borda Béharria Berteretchéko Borda Bidartea Bidarteko Borda Biraburuko Borda Bordachuria Chochuaénéa Chochuainea Chokoa Chuberaénéa Chubitoa Curutchaldéa Erratchuénéa Erdoyko Borda Erguinéko Borda Etcherriko Borda Etchéverriko Borda Eyhérartéko Borda Eyherartia Haspelanéko Borda Hiriartéa Idioïnéko Borda Lacoa Laxagua Lazkoborda Maldacharréko Borda Minhondoko Borda Nignigna Peilloénéa Col Urdanzia Urchiloko Borda Urdiako Lepoa Toponymy The commune name in basque is Anhauze.Euskaltzaindia - Académie de la langue basque Brigitte Jobbé-Duval proposed a basque origin of ona-oz, meaning "place of the hill". The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.Sources:Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. Origins:Mérimée: Presentation of the CommunePamplona: Titles of PamplonaBiscay: Martin BiscayCollations: Collations of the Diocese of Bayonne History Anhaux village is one of eleven hamlets or villages which were in the Baigorry Valley. In the Middle Ages, the eleven hamlets were: Ascarat, Sorhoeta, Moussourits, Lasse, Irouleguy, Urdos, Leispars, Occos, Oticoren, Guermiette, and Anhauz, all in the north of the valley. The south was not populated until much later. Despite sounding Basque, the name