Alos-Sibas-Abense () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is located in the former province of Soule. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aloztar-Ziboztar-Oniztar Geography Alos-Sibas-Abense is located some 90 km south-east of Bayonne and 80m km west of Lourdes. The D918 road runs down the eastern border of the commune, but does not enter. Access to the commune is on road D247 from Alcay-Alcabehety-Sunharette in the southwest which runs through the heart of the commune to the village. It then continues to the southeast linking with the D918 at Tardets-Sorholus. Most of the commune is farmland with some forest and it has a network of country roads covering most of the commune. Hydrography Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, the Saison river passes along and forms the eastern border of the commune parallel with the D918 road. The Aphoura stream (18 km), which is fed by the Ardounc, the Batasse (10.1 km), the Laritolle, the Jaga, and the Uthurrotche erreka, flows near the village and to the Saisson. Places and hamlets Abense Althondo Ansola Barnech Basterrèche Basterreix Belle-Sise Canderats Choy-Cantaguia Curutchet Domec Eskiéta Etchandy Eyhéra Hastoy Mendiondoa Mendisquer Ohix La Papeterie Péko Urupéa Quihillaborda La Salle Samalgagna Sibas Uhalte-Borde Toponymy The commune name in Basque is Aloze-Ziboze-Onizegaine. The Basque form of Sibas can be Ziboz(e) or Ziborotz(e). Jean-Baptiste Orpustan suggested that Abense came from a Roman phonetic change to the Basque Oniz > onise > oénse > auénse > abense. The base of the name is the oronym ona, also present in Bayonne and Oneix. The modern Basque form (Onizegañia, Onizegañe or Omiz(e)) are equivalent to "Upper" (gain(e)a > gañia). Brigitte Jobbé-Duval suggests that Oniz is the name of a noble Basque family. 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. Cassini: 1750 Cassini Map EHESS: Origins: Luntz: Soule: Customs of Soule Duchesne: Duchesne collection volume CXIV History Sibas merged with Alos on 23 October 1843 to form Alos-Sibas. On 16 April 1859, following the annexation of part of the territory of Abense-de-Haut, the commune took the name of Alos-Sibas-Abense. On the same day the commune of Abense-de-Haut disappeared, its territory being divided between Alos-Sibas