Asasp-Arros | |
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| Coordinates:43°07′24″N0°36′45″W / 43.1233°N 0.6125°W /43.1233; -0.6125 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Oloron-Sainte-Marie |
| Canton | Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1 |
| Intercommunality | Haut Béarn |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Roland Benoît Laperne[1] |
Area 1 | 23.59 km2 (9.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 492 |
| • Density | 20.9/km2 (54.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64064 /64660 |
| Elevation | 243–1,093 m (797–3,586 ft) (avg. 300 m or 980 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Asasp-Arros (French pronunciation:[asaspaʁɔs];Occitan:Asasp e Arròs) is acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment in theNouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-westernFrance.
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Asasp-Arros is located 6 km south ofOloron-Sainte-Marie on the left bank of theGave d'Aspe and straddling the old royal route built byLouis XIV toCanfranc inSpain.[3] The commune consists of two portions joined by a narrow neck of land just south-west ofLurbe-Saint-Christau. Access to the commune is byRoute nationale N134 (European route E7) fromGurmençon in the north passing through the length of the commune and the village and continuing toSarrance in the south. The D918 road comes fromIssor in the west then goes east from the village over the mountains toArudy. The southern portion of the commune is heavily forested with few farms while the northern also has extensive forests but with about 40% of the land area farmland.[4]
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The commune is part of theDrainage basin of theAdour with theGave d'Aspe forming its entire eastern border as it flows north to join theGave d'Oloron atOloron-Sainte-Marie. Many tributaries flow into the Gave d'Aspe in the commune. From south to north these are: the Soum de Bordettes, the Ruisseau des Cournales, the Ruisseau de Labatnere, the Gave de Lourdios at the neck of the commune, and the Ruisseau Toupiette. In the west of the commune the Mielle river flows north with several tributaries rising in the commune: the Arrec de Bernet, the Arrec de Termy, the Arrec de Cazaux, and the Arrec de Sarraude. The Mielle continues north to join theGave d'Oloron south-east ofMoumour.[4]
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The nameAsasp appears in the forms:
Michel Grosclaude[16] indicated thatAsasp is related to the basqueas/aitz ("rocky point") andaspi ("behind"), giving "behind the rocky point".
The nameArros is mentioned in the 12th century[18] (Titles ofGabas[19]) and also in:
According toMichel Grosclaude,[16]Arros comes from the basque radical(h)arr ("stone") or from a former owner calledArro, in each of the two possibilities expanded by the Aquitaine suffix-ossum, giving "place of stone" or "Domain of Arro".
From 1956 until 1971 (the date of merging with Asasp)Arros was calledArros-d'Oloron[3] to differentiate it fromArros-de-Nay.
Its name inbéarnais isAsasp-Arros.
Arripe is a farm in Asasp mentioned in 1385[5] (Census of Béarn[14]).
Attay is an area in Asasp cited in the dictionary of 1863.[21]
Boumayou is a hamlet referenced by the dictionary in 1863.[6]
Castetgouly[22] andCastetmans[22] were also places in Asasp.
Caup was another name mentioned in the dictionary in 1863.[23]
La Courtie was a place in Asasp cited by the dictionary in 1863.[24]
Croues, another area in Asasp, appears in the Terrier of Asasp,[25] in 1778 with the spellingCouroues.[24]
Domec was a fief, vassal of theViscounts of Béarn, cited in 1863[26] in the forms:
Hourcq was an area in Asasp in 1863.[7]
Le Lagnos is a forest in Asasp, which in 1538 was calledLo Lanhos (,[8] Reformation of Béarn[27]).
Monlong was referenced in 1863 as a moor in Asasp[9] as wasTachouas.[11]
Ségu is a mountain whose slopes are in both Asasp andIssor.[10]
Paul Raymond noted that in 1385 Asasp had 17fires and Arros 7. Both depended on thebailiwick of Oloron.[13]
Arros commune had aLay Abbey, vassal of theViscounts of Béarn.[18]
On 1 January 1973 (Prefectorial Order of 29 December 1972),[3] the commune of Arros-d'Oloron (called Arros until 1956) was merged with Asasp to form the new commune of Asasp-Arros.[28]
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List of Successive Mayors[29]
| From | To | Name |
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| 1995 | 2001 | Henri Navailles |
| 2001 | 2008 | Vincent Poey |
| 2008 | 2014 | André Minjuzan |
| 2014 | 2020 | Bernard Mora |
| 2020 | 2026 | Roland Benoît Laperne |
The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures:[30]
The inhabitants of the commune are known asAsaspois orAsaspoises in French.[31]
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The main activity is agriculture (livestock, pasturage, polyculture). The commune is in theAppellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone ofOssau-iraty. The quality of the water from the rivers allows development ofFish farming.
A Hydro-electric power station has been built at the confluence of theGave d'Aspe and the Gave de Lourdios.[3]
Until 1494[3] there was a dyke on thegave d'Aspe which linkedLurbe toAsasp. It was then replaced with a bridge, making the village an important stage on a secondary way on thevia Podiensis (orPuy Route), one of the modern paths on theWay of St. James.
There are two churches in Asasp-Arros which are listed as historical monuments. These are:
.[34] The church has several items registered as historical objects:
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.[39] The church has two items registered as historical objects:A large wooded area,[42] with many hiking trails extends over the commune.
The peak ofBellevue, which is also calledCambet, is 681 metres high,[12] the summit ofCaut is 689 metres,[12] the summit ofLas Osques is 691 metres,[12] andPédeher is 712 metres.[12] On the frontier withIssor the summit ofAthay is 728 metres[12] high and that ofSégu is 768 metres.[12]
The commune has an Elementary school.
TheRugby union club (ASAAR) plays in the championship of France in the 2nd series.
