Armendarits is part of seven inter-communal structures: the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque; the AEP association of Arberoue; the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; the inter-communal association for school transport and educational grouping of Méharin and Armendarits; the inter-communal association for development and management of the slaughterhouse at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port; the joint association Garbiki; the association to support Basque culture. Demography In 2017 the commune had 405 inhabitants. Economy Economic activity is mainly agricultural. The commune is part of the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty. Culture and Heritage Civil Heritage Several buildings and sites in the commune are registered as historical monuments: The Jauregia Manor (17th century) The Urrutia Farmhouse (1636) The Uhaldea Farmhouse (1780) The Sorogaraia Farmhouse (1602) Houses and Farms (17th-19th century) Other sites of interest A protohistoric fortified place (a gaztelu zahar) at Elhina. Houses in Armendarits Picture Gallery Religious Heritage The Parish Church of Saint Peter (17th century). Its cemetery contains many Hilarri: Hilarri Picture Gallery Facilities Education The commune has a primary school. Notable people linked to the commune Bernard Renau d'Eliçagaray (Eñaut d'Elizagarai), called little Renau, born in 1652 at Armendarits and died in 1719, was a mathematician, Inspector General of the Navy, in 1689 author of the Theory of Operation of Vessels. He was especially famous for his Bomb vessels. The pastoral of Soule in 2007 (at Camou-Cihigue) was dedicated to him. See also Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department References External links Armendarits on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Armendaritz on the 1750 Cassini Map Communes of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Lower Navarre