Bassussarry Basusarri | |
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Location of Bassussarry  | |
  Bassussarry  Bassussarry | |
| Coordinates:43°26′50″N1°30′38″W / 43.4472°N 1.5106°W /43.4472; -1.5106 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Ustaritz-Vallées de Nive et Nivelle |
| Intercommunality | CA Pays Basque |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Michel Lahorgue[1] |
Area 1 | 7 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 3,317 |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64100 /64200 |
| Elevation | 2–85 m (6.6–278.9 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bassussarry (French pronunciation:[basysaʁi];Basque:Basusarri) is acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepartment in theNouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwesternFrance.[3]
The inhabitants of the commune are known asBasusartars.[4]
Bassussary is located in the former province ofLabourd and within the urban area ofBayonne some 5 km south-east ofBiarritz and 4 km south by south-west of Bayonne. Access to the commune is by the D932 road fromAnglet in the north which passes through the commune on the eastern side and continues south toUstaritz. The town is in the west of the commune and can be accessed by the D254 road which branches from the D932 on the northern border of the commune and continues through the town west to join the D810 south-west ofBiarritz Airport. The D3 comes from theA63 autoroute Exit
5 (Bayonne-Sud) to the town then south forming the western border of the commune and continuing toArcangues. South-east of the town is another urban area of Betbeder. Much of the commune is urbanised with some areas of forest and meadows. The eastern part next to the D932 contains an industrial estate.[5][6]
Two bus services pass through and have stops in the commune operated byTransports 64:
The commune lies in thedrainage basin of theAdour with theNive river forming the whole eastern border of the commune as it flows north to join the Adour. TheRuisseau d'Urdains flows from a small lake just south of the commune northwards, forming the north-eastern border of the commune, before joining the Nive in the north-eastern corner. TheRuisseau de Harrieta flows from the south-west of the commune to the north-east joining theRuisseau d'Urbaine near the D932. TheRuisseau de Pétaboure rises in the north-west of the commune and forms the northern border as it flows east to join theRuisseau de Harrieta in the commune.[5][6]
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The commune name inBasque isBasusarri.[8] Jean-Baptiste Orpustan proposed a structure ofbaso meaning "forest" andsarri meaning "dense" or "tight" giving the overall meaning of "dense forest".[9]
The following table details the origins of the commune name and other names in the commune.
| Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
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| Bassussarry | Bila-nave quœ vocatur Bassessarri | 1150 | Raymond | 23 | Bayonne | Village |
| bila nave que nunc dicitur bassessarri | 1170 | Orpustan | 30 | |||
| Bassessarri | 1186 | Raymond | 23 | Bayonne | ||
| Bacessari | 1256 | Raymond | 23 | Bayonne | ||
| Bassissari | 13th century | Raymond | 23 | Bayonne | ||
| Bassissarri | 1265 | Orpustan | 30 | |||
| Sanctus Bartholomeus de Bassussary | 1768 | Raymond | 23 | Collations | ||
| Bassussarits | 1771 | Raymond | 23 | Collations | ||
| Bassussary | 1801 | Raymond | Bulletin des Lois | |||
| Bassussarri | 1926 | Lhande | ||||
| Urdains | Urdaidz | 1255 | Raymond | 171 | Bayonne | Chateau |
| Urdainz | 1402 | Raymond | 171 | Navarre | ||
| Ourdains | 1739 | Raymond | 171 | Register |
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Origins:
Bassussarry appears asBaßußarry on the 1750Cassini Map[14] and does not appear at all on the 1790 version.[15]
During thePeninsular War on 10 December 1813 Bassussarry was the scene of a battle between GeneralSuchet and the Spanish-English.
| Blazon: Party per pale, at 1 Gules 2 wood pigeons Argent in pale; at 2 Vert 3 oak leaves Argent 2 and 1; in chief Sable charged with a fess wavy Argent. |
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| From | To | Name |
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| 1820 | Pierre Michel Larre | |
| 1850 | Charles Larre | |
| 1995 | 2020 | Paul Baudry |
| 2020 | 2026 | Michel Lahorgue |
Bassussarry is one of nine inter-communal structures:
Bassussarry is the seat of the SIVOM Arbonne-Arcangues-Bassussarry
The commune is part of the Bayonne-San Sebastián Eurocity.
In 2017 the commune had 3,126 inhabitants.
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The commune has a public primary school.[19]
The commune is in theAppellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone ofOssau-iraty
TheParish Church of Saint-Barthélemy (19th century)
is registered as an historical monument.[20]
According to theMap of the Seven Basque Provinces byLouis Lucien Bonaparte theBasque spoken in Bassussarry is NorthernUpper Navarrese dialect.
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