Arbérats-Sillègue () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Arberaztar in Basque. Geography Arbérats-Sillègue is located in Mixe Country in the former Basque province of Lower Navarre, 3 km north-east of Saint-Palais and 10 km south-west of Sauveterre-de-Béarn. The D933 road from Saint-Palais to Osserain-Rivareyte in the north passes through the northern part of the commune. The D134 road passes through the east of the commune from Sussaute in the north continuing south to join the D11 road west of Domezain-Berraute. Access to the village is by country road from the western border passing through the village and going east to join the D134. The commune is located in the Drainage basin of the Adour. The Ruisseau de Recaide forms part of the northern border flowing north-west to join the Bidouze. The Ruisseau d'Eyherachar rises north-east of the village and flows west through the commune then south forming part of the western border before joining the Bidouze just south of Aïcirits (Aïcirits-Camou-Suhast). Historical places and hamlets Aguerre Aitciria Amandania Apezetchia Arbérats Beheitia Bentaberria Bidegorria Bilhagnia Bitenia Brigni Chibits Chiloa Chunta Elhorriburia Etcheparia Idiartia Iratzia Irunia Jemai Mendiburia Michicourt Mignaburia Osquilia Oxarrainia Oxarrainia Etchartia Oyhanto Peritcho Salanbeheria Sillègue Toponymy The name of the commune in basque is Arberatze-Zilhekoa. Paul Raymond indicated on page 161 of his 1863 dictionary that Sillègue in Basque was Silhecoa. Jean-Baptiste Orpustan suggested two possible origins of the name Arbérats, both from Basque: ar(r)-bera (or ) meaning ’fragile’ or ’friable'; or, together with the word , meaning a "black stone" (slate). Brigitte Jobbé-Duval also interpreted Arbérats as place of slate. For Sillègue Jean-Batiste Orpustan suggested the name was a blend of the Basque word zil(h)o, meaning "hole" or "depression in the terrain" and a second element leku meaning "place". The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune. 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. Cassini1: Cassini2: Origins: Duchesne: Duchesne collection volume CXIV Ohix: Pamplona: Titles of Pamplona Notaries: Notaries of Labastide-Villefranche Regulations: Regulations of the Court of Licharre History The village of Sillègue was merged with Arbérats on 14 April 1841. Heraldry Administration List of Successive Mayors Inter-communality The commune belongs to five inter-communal structures: the Communauté