Asasp-Arros

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Field	Value
name	Asasp-Arros
commune status	Commune
image	Asasp-Arros.jpg
caption	A general view of Asasp-Arros
arrondissement	Oloron-Sainte-Marie
canton	Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1
INSEE	64064
postal code	64660
mayor	Roland Benoît Laperne
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	Haut Béarn
coordinates
elevation m	300
elevation min m	243
elevation max m	1093
area km2	23.59
population
population date
population footnotes
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Asasp-Arros (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.

Geography

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Asasp-Arros is located 6 km south of Oloron-Sainte-Marie on the left bank of the Gave d'Aspe and straddling the old royal route built by Louis XIV to Canfranc in Spain. The commune consists of two portions joined by a narrow neck of land just south-west of Lurbe-Saint-Christau. Access to the commune is by Route nationale N134 (European route E7) from Gurmençon in the north passing through the length of the commune and the village and continuing to Sarrance in the south. The D918 road comes from Issor in the west then goes east from the village over the mountains to Arudy. 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.

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The commune is part of the Drainage basin of the Adour with the Gave d'Aspe forming its entire eastern border as it flows north to join the Gave d'Oloron at Oloron-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 the Gave d'Oloron south-east of Moumour.

Places and Hamlets

Arenguet
Arripe
Arros
Asasp
Athay (rock)
Auquis
Ayestène
Bellevue
Bernet
Bordis
Boumayou
Bourderot (Mill)
La Bourdette
Bourdette (Soum des)
Cambet (Pass - 578 metres)
Carrère
Casaudoumecq
Castets
Cazaux
Chichet
Cousté
Croharé
Esparbé (Talou of)
Estrabeau
Feugas
Fouistou
Garay (Forest)
Gouadain
Granet
Hourc-Gros
Les Indes
Jeannot
Jean-Petit
Juncas
Labatnère
Laborde
Lacabe
Lacanette (fountain)
Le Lagnos
Lalanne
Lalanne (calvary)
Lassalette de l'Arrayous
Lestelle
Les Louzères
Magendie
Maunas
Minvielle
Mirandette
Monlong
Le Pacq
Payssas
Perte
Peyre
Poey
Pucheu
Ségu
Serrelongue (Forest)
Serre-Sècque (Pass - 509 metres)
Soum Artigue
Tachouas
Termy (Forest)

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The name Asasp appears in the forms:

Asap (1364, Fors de BéarnManuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques ),
Azasp (1375,),
Asasp (around 1630, by Pierre de Marca, History of Béarn), and
Asasp on the Cassini Map in 1750

Michel Grosclaude indicated that Asasp is related to the basque as/aitz ("rocky point") and aspi ("behind"), giving "behind the rocky point".

The name Arros is mentioned in the 12th century (Titles of Gabas) and also in:

1220 (For of Oloron, on a copy of 1551),
1249 (sentence in the Josbaig, vidimus of 1464),
1367 (Cartulary of OloronTitles published in the History of Béarn by Pierre de Marca),
1380 (Departmental archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques), and
1750 on the Cassini Map.

According to Michel Grosclaude, Arros comes from the basque radical (h)arr ("stone") or from a former owner called Arro, 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 called Arros-d'Oloron to differentiate it from Arros-de-Nay.

Its name in béarnais is Asasp-Arros.

Arripe is a farm in Asasp mentioned in 1385 (Census of Béarn).

Attay is an area in Asasp cited in the dictionary of 1863.

Boumayou is a hamlet referenced by the dictionary in 1863.

Castetgouly and Castetmans were also places in Asasp.

Caup was another name mentioned in the dictionary in 1863.

La Courtie was a place in Asasp cited by the dictionary in 1863.

Croues, another area in Asasp, appears in the Terrier of Asasp, in 1778 with the spelling Couroues.

Domec was a fief, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn, cited in 1863 in the forms:

Domec-Poe and la Domecq (respectively 1538 and 1546,).

Hourcq was an area in Asasp in 1863.

Le Lagnos is a forest in Asasp, which in 1538 was called Lo Lanhos (, Reformation of Béarn).

Monlong was referenced in 1863 as a moor in Asasp as was Tachouas.

Ségu is a mountain whose slopes are in both Asasp and Issor.

History

Paul Raymond noted that in 1385 Asasp had 17 fires and Arros 7. Both depended on the bailiwick of Oloron.

Arros commune had a Lay Abbey, vassal of the Viscounts of Béarn.

On 1 January 1973 (Prefectorial Order of 29 December 1972), the commune of Arros-d'Oloron (called Arros until 1956) was merged with Asasp to form the new commune of Asasp-Arros.

Administration

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From	To	Name
1995	2001	Henri Navailles
2001	2008	Vincent Poey
2008	2014	André Minjuzan
2014	2020	Bernard Mora
2020	2026	Roland Benoît Laperne
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Inter-communality

The commune is part of seven inter-communal structures:

the Communauté de communes du Haut Béarn;
the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
the association for the source of the Colombe;
the educational regrouping association of the communes of Lurbe and Asasp-Arros;
the television association of Oloron-Aspe Valley;
the inter-communal association for sanitation of the gateway of the Aspe;
the joint association for production of drinking water Jean Petit;

Demography

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Asaspois or Asaspoises in French.

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Economy

The main activity is agriculture (livestock, pasturage, polyculture). The commune is in the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) zone of Ossau-iraty. The quality of the water from the rivers allows development of Fish farming.

A Hydro-electric power station has been built at the confluence of the Gave d'Aspe and the Gave de Lourdios.

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

Until 1494 there was a dyke on the gave d'Aspe which linked Lurbe to Asasp. It was then replaced with a bridge, making the village an important stage on a secondary way on the via Podiensis (or Puy Route), one of the modern paths on the Way of St. James.

Religious heritage

There are two churches in Asasp-Arros which are listed as historical monuments. These are:

The Parish Church of Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste at Asasp (19th century)[[File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg|18px]]. The church has several items registered as historical objects:
- Main Altar and Retable (18th century)[[File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg|18px]]
- Secondary Altar and Retable (18th century)[[File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg|18px]]
- Painting: the Agony of Christ (17th century)[[File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg|18px]]
- Choir enclosure (Communion table) (18th century)[[File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg|18px]]

; File:Eglise de Asasp-Arros vue 1.jpg|Road to the church File:Eglise de Asasp-Arros vue 3.jpg|Outside view File:Eglise de Asasp-Arros vue 2.jpg|The church approach File:Arros d'Oloron (Asasp-Arros, Pyr-Atl, Fr) monument aux morts sur le mur de l'eglise.JPG|War memorial plaque on the church File:Entrée de l'église vue 1Asasp-Arros.jpg|Entry to the Church

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The Parish Church of Saint-Vincent-Diacre at Arros (19th century)[[File:Logo monument historique - rouge sans texte.svg|18px]]. The church has two items registered as historical objects:
- Secondary Altar and Retable (18th century)[[File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg|18px]]
- Ceiling (18th century)[[File:Logo monument historique - noir sans texte.svg|18px]]

Environmental heritage

A large wooded area, with many hiking trails extends over the commune.

The peak of Bellevue, which is also called Cambet, is 681 metres high, the summit of Caut is 689 metres, the summit of Las Osques is 691 metres, and Pédeher is 712 metres. On the frontier with Issor the summit of Athay is 728 metres high and that of Ségu is 768 metres.

Facilities

Education

The commune has an Elementary school.

Sports

The Rugby union club (ASAAR) plays in the championship of France in the 2nd series.

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Asasp-Arros/@43.0977488,-0.5882774,14853m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0xd5700db7ff4f03f:0x40665174813abc0?hl=en Google Maps]
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Paul Raymond]], Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011, p. 14 {{in lang. fr
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[[Michel Grosclaude]], ''Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn'', Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, {{ISBN. 2 35068 005 3 {{in lang. fr
[http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/cassinige.html?lat=43.1233&lon=-0.6125&zoom=13 Cassini Map 1750 - Asasp]
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Titles of the hospital of [[Laruns. Gabas]] - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang. fr
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Manuscript from the 18th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques {{in lang. fr
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[http://www.asasp-arros.fr/index.php/decouvrir-asasp-arros/le-village/11-histoire-d-asasp-arros History page on the commune website] {{in lang. fr
[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000021030 Modifications aux circonscriptions administratives territoriales (fusion de communes)], ''[[Journal officiel de la République française]]'' n° 0024, 28 January 1973, pp. 1114-1117.
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link. (2014-05-08 , Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 2 March 2012 {{in lang). fr
[https://www.habitants.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques-64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques], habitants.fr
{{Cassini-Ehess. 1472. Asasp-Arros
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-64064#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000616. IA64000616 Church of Saint-Jean-l'Évangéliste {{in lang. fr
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM64000045. PM64000045 Main Altar and Retable {{in lang. fr
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM64000047. PM64000047 Secondary Altar and Retable {{in lang. fr
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM64000044. PM64000044 Painting: the Agony of Christ {{in lang. fr
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM64000732. PM64000732 Choir enclosure (Communion table) {{in lang. fr
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA64000615. IA 64000615 Church of Saint-Vincent-Diacre
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM64000046. PM64000046 Secondary Altar and Retable {{in lang. fr
Ministry of Culture, Palissy {{Palissy. PM64000037. PM64000037 Ceiling {{in lang. fr
[http://www.asasp-arros.fr/index.php/l-environnement Environment page on the commune website] {{in lang. fr

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