Commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Astis (Astís inOccitan ) is acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiques department in theNouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-westernFrance .
The D834 at Astis Astis is located some 20 km north ofPau and some 4 km south ofMiossens-Lanusse . Access to the commune is by road D834 (Route de Bordeaux) from Pau entering the commune from the south-west passing through the village and continuing north toSarron . The D39 road (Route de Morlaas) branches off the D834 in the north of the commune and goes south-east toAnos . The commune has a strip of forest along the length of the commune from north-west to south-east, parallel to theRoute de Morlaas with the rest of the commune farmland.[ 3]
TheLuy de France forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north eventually joining theLuy de Béarn and becoming theLuy river on the eastern border of Castel-Sarrazin commune. TheBasta river rises in the south of the commune and flows north-west joining theLuy de France north of the commune.[ 3]
Anos[ 4] Baradat[ 5] Bernadot La Caserne Château[ 6] Chinchin Dibet Guichanné Jacoulet Lamazou[ 7] Nabarrot Pascal Plantié Sarrette Sarthoulet Sébat Tauhuré [ 8]
Neighbouring communes and villages [ edit ]
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The commune name inbéarnais is alsoAstis .Michel Grosclaude proposed aGascon etymologyes (an old definitive article) followed byt(h)in ("Dependence") ortin ("singer").[ 9]
The following table details the origins of the commune name:
Name Spelling Date Source Page Origin Description Astis Estis 1385 Raymond 16
Census Village Astis 1750 Cassini Cassini Map
Sources Raymond :Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees , 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table.(in French) [ 10] Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn , 2006(in French) [ 9] Census: Census of Béarn[ 11] Cassini Map: Cassini Map from 1750[ 12] Astis Town Hall List of Successive Mayors [ 13]
From To Name 1790 1809 Jean Sabat 1809 1815 Jean Larrieu 1815 1828 Joseph Hondagne 1828 1830 Bernard Lamazou 1830 1868 Pierre Lamazou 1868 1871 Jean Larrieu 1871 1872 Félix Binde 1872 1878 Jean Larrieu Chinchin 1878 1919 Jean Lamazou 1919 1929 Jean Sebat 1929 1935 Julien Lamazou 1935 1944 Raymond Guichane 1944 1945 Julien Lamazou 1945 1959 Pierre Larrieu Bourdale 1959 1989 Albert Lafitte 1989 2014 Pierrette Barzu 2014 2026 Alain Caïe
Recycling centre at Astis The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:[ 14]
the Communauté de communes des Luys en Béarn; the AEP association of the regions of Luy and Gabas; the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques; the scholastic association Argelos-Astis; The inhabitants of the commune are known asAstisiens orAstisiennes in French.[ 15]
Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 157 — 1800 97 −6.65% 1821 175 +2.85% 1831 215 +2.08% 1836 232 +1.53% 1841 222 −0.88% 1846 225 +0.27% 1851 220 −0.45% 1856 220 +0.00% 1861 227 +0.63% 1866 213 −1.27% 1872 170 −3.69% 1876 166 −0.59% 1881 180 +1.63% 1886 180 +0.00% 1891 193 +1.40% 1896 189 −0.42% 1901 190 +0.11%
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1906 171 −2.09% 1911 167 −0.47% 1921 154 −0.81% 1926 140 −1.89% 1931 128 −1.78% 1936 139 +1.66% 1946 119 −1.54% 1954 108 −1.21% 1962 111 +0.34% 1968 101 −1.56% 1975 98 −0.43% 1982 163 +7.54% 1990 198 +2.46% 1999 266 +3.33% 2007 293 +1.22% 2012 312 +1.26% 2017 306 −0.39%
Source: EHESS[ 16] [ 17]
Culture and heritage [ edit ] The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:
AChateau (19th century)[ 6] TheMaison Mouras Farmhouse (1771)[ 4] AFarmhouse at Lamazou (1646)[ 7] TheMaison Larrieu Farmhouse (17th century)[ 18] TheMaison Lassus Farmhouse (1894)[ 5] Houses and Farms (17th-19th centuries)[ 19] AFortified Complex (Prehistoric)[ 20] The Church of Saint John the Baptist TheChurch of Saint John the Baptist (12th century)[ 21]
The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:
The School Astis has a primary school which is shared withArgelos as aninter-communal educational grouping .
^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" .data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.^a b c Google Maps ^a b Ministry of Culture, MériméeIA00026710 Maison Mourras (in French) ^a b Ministry of Culture, MériméeIA00026707 Maison Lassus (in French) ^a b Ministry of Culture, MériméeIA00027386 Chateau (in French) ^a b Ministry of Culture, MériméeIA00026709 Farmhouse at Lamazou (in French) ^ Géoportail ,IGN (in French) ^a b Michel Grosclaude ,Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn , Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages,ISBN 2 35068 005 3 (in French) ^ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees Paul Raymond , Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011(in French) ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques(in French) ^ Cassini Map 1750 - Asson ^ List of Mayors of France (in French) ^ Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Archived May 18, 2014, at theWayback Machine , Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 2 March 2012(in French) ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques , habitants.fr^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui :Commune data sheet Astis ,EHESS (in French) .^ Population en historique depuis 1968 , INSEE^ Ministry of Culture, MériméeIA00026708 Maison Larrieu (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, MériméeIA00026706 Houses and Farms (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, MériméeIA00026705 Fortified complex (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, MériméeIA00026704 Church of Saint John the Baptist (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64000058 Bronze bell (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001162 Furniture (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001148 2 Altar Candlesticks (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001161 Bronze Bell in the bell tower (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001160 Ciborium (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001159 2 Altar Candlesticks (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001158 2 Altar Candlesticks (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001157 2 Altar Candlesticks (torch bodies) (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001156 Painting: Saint John in the desert (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001155 Worship bench (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001154 Baptismal fonts (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001153 2 Statues: Saint Peter & Saint John (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001152 Bas-relief: Christ on the cross between Saint Madeleine & Saint John (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001151 Retable (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001150 Altar seating and tabernacle (in French) ^ Ministry of Culture, PalissyPM64001149 Main Altar Seating, Tabernacle, and Retable (in French) Wikimedia Commons has media related to
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