Azet

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Field	Value
name	Azet
commune status	Commune
image	Col d Azet.jpg
caption	The village, with Col d'Azet in the background
image coat of arms	Blason ville fr Azet (65).svg
arrondissement	Bagnères-de-Bigorre
canton	Neste, Aure et Louron
INSEE	65058
postal code	65170
mayor	Maryse Puyau
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	Aure Louron
coordinates
elevation m	1172
elevation min m	1055
elevation max m	3020
area km2	26.63
population
population date
population footnotes
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**Azet ** is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of south-western France.

Geography

Azet is located some 55 km south by south-east of Tarbes and 20 km west of Bagnères-de-Luchon. Access to the commune is by road D225 from Estensan in the west to the village. The public square of the village is 1,172 metres above sea level at the intersection of the Aure and Louron valleys with the Col de Val Louron-Azet to the south-east. The commune is very rugged and inaccessible with extensive forests in the south.

The Ruisseau de Lustau flows north from the Lustou Lake in the south of the commune, gathering many tributaries including the Ruisseau de Sarrouyes which flows from lakes in the south-east of the commune, and becoming the Mousquere before passing the village and continuing north to join the Neste d'Aure north of Vielle-Aure.

Climate

Azet has a mountain climate with high temperatures in summer.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Toponymy

The probable etymology of the name is Adet, adou, ados, âne, asou, then Azet meaning a place marking the end of the terrain which could only be crossed by donkey or horse.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Azet-Hautes-Pyrenees-en-hiver.JPG" caption="Azet in winter"] ::

There is little evidence to trace the origin of the village except the church, which dates from the fourth quarter of the 12th century In 1887 the village had two primary schools. Village resources were mainly pastoralism with livestock farming of sheep, cows, horses, and donkeys as well as crops such as wheat, rye, meslin, barley, buckwheat, beans, peas, potatoes, turnips, flax sprouts, and hay.

From the 1880s the population decreased due to the waves of typhoid fever during 1886-1887 and the rural exodus of young people.

Heraldry

|img1=Blason ville fr Azet (65).svg |legend1=Arms of Azet |text=These arms do not respect the rule of tincture and are therefore faulty.

Blazon:

Azure, a fir proper between two donkeys Sable facing fess point all on a terrace in base Vert, in chief a crosslet Argent.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors ::data[format=table]

From	To	Name	Party
2001	2020	Jean-Michel Carrot	PS
2020	2026	Maryse Puyau
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Population

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Azetois or Azetoises in French.

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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Azet_village.JPG" caption="Azet and the mountains"] ::

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of sites that are registered as historical monuments:

Houses and Farms (18th-19th century)
A Farmhouse (1865)

;Other sites of interest:

The Pyrenean House of Pastoralism is an educational and tourist centre on pastoralism in the mountains. The museum traces the history and development of pastoralism in France and worldwide.

Religious heritage

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The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (12th century) is registered as an historical monument. The Church contains a very large number of items that are registered as historical objects.

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Azet,+France/@42.7736545,0.3638585,13184m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x12a86c0b25055995:0x406f69c2f3d8a30?hl=en Google Maps]
fr
[https://www.habitants.fr/hautes-pyrenees-65 Le nom des habitants du 65 - Hautes-Pyrénées], habitants.fr
{{Cassini-Ehess. 2294. Azet
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-65058#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00126622. IA00126622 Houses and Farms {{in lang. fr
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00126612. IA00126612 Farmhouse {{in lang. fr
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. IA00126577. IA00126577 Church of Our Lady of the Assumption {{in lang. fr{{Camera
Ministry of Culture, Mérimée {{Mérimée. PA00135468. PA00135468 Church of Our Lady of the Assumption {{in lang. fr

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