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  Ascain Location within Nouvelle-Aquitaine region  Ascain | |
| Coordinates:43°20′48″N1°37′12″W /43.3467°N 1.62°W /43.3467; -1.62Coordinates:43°20′48″N1°37′12″W /43.3467°N 1.62°W /43.3467; -1.62 | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Depairtment | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
| Arrondissement | Bayonne |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-de-Luz |
| Intercommunality | Sud Pays Basque |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor(2008–2014) | Jean-Louis Laduche |
| Area 1 | 19.27 km2 (7.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)2 | 3,924 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 64065 /64310 |
| Elevation | 5–883 m (16–2,897 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft) |
| 1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers> 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries.2Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. | |
Ascain (BasqueAzkaine) is a veelage in the tradeetionalBasque province oLabourd, nou acommune in thePyrénées-Atlantiquesdepairtment in soothwastrenFraunce. It is locatit7 km (4.3 mi) tae the east oSaint-Jean-de-Luz an theAtlantic Ocean, in the wastren fuithills o thePyrenees.
The summit oLa Rhune, a muntain iconic o the Basque kintra, is situatit approximately4 km (2.5 mi) tae the sooth o the veelage. The summit can be reached bi thePetit train de la Rhune, which commences frae theCol de Saint-Ignace,3.3 km (2.1 mi) tae the east o the veelage on the D4 road taeSare.
Bishop oBayonne, Jean VIde Sossiondo built a big an comfortable hoose, "Askunda", here durin the middle o the 16t century, still tae be seen.
NotaryMartin Chourio wis a syndic frae Ascain at the some 56 veelages representit at theBiltzar organization for theLabourd aurie aroond 1653. See for this Auld Basque Organization:
The witches, witchcraft an witch-huntin investigatit bi the Juistice atBordeaux in 1609 biPierre de Lancre led tae the pairish priest of Ascain tae be burned at the stak publicily.
Ascain wis ane o the French Basque veelages in the 1793-1794 leet bi French Republicans wi a "disgraceful" behavior an aw, mony o the inhabitants bein thus deportit as preesoniers tae ither places, mainlyCapbreton.
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