Aast, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
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Aast | |
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Town hall | |
Coordinates: 43°17′25″N 0°05′21″W / 43.2903°N 0.0892°W | |
Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Pyrénées-Atlantiques |
Arrondissement | Pau |
Canton | Vallées de l'Ousse et du Lagoin |
Intercommunality | Nord-Est Béarn |
Government | |
• Mayor (2024–2026) | Loïc Herve[1] |
Area 1 | 4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 189 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Aastais, Aastaises |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 64001 /64460 |
Elevation | 367–393 m (1,204–1,289 ft) (avg. 390 m or 1,280 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Aast (French pronunciation: [as(t)], locally [ɑ̃ːs])[3] is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Aast is the first commune in France by alphabetical order.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]The village is situated on the plateau of Ger and is composed of a dozen scattered houses. Aast is 20 km east of Pau and 20 km north of Lourdes. Access to the commune is by road D70 then D311 north-east from Gardères, road D64 north-west from Ger, and road D311 when coming south from Ponson-Dessus. Other country roads can also be used to access the commune.[4]
Hydrography
[edit]Located in the Drainage basin of the Adour, Aast is traversed by the Carbouère stream, a tributary of the Louet river.[5]
Localities and hamlets
[edit]- Aast
- Bayet
- Bidou
- Cadet
- France
- Gachau
- Hourcade
- Lasbordes
- Lasserre
- Lassus
- Lescloupe
- Mouly
- Pouquet
- Rémy
- Toulou
Neighbouring communes and villages
[edit]Toponymy
[edit]Aast is the first French commune in alphabetical order. Previously, Aas, another commune in the Lower Pyrenees, came first until 1861, when it merged with the commune of Assouste to form the new commune of Eaux-Bonnes.
The commune's Béarnais name is also Aast.
According to Dauzat and Rostaing Aast comes from the Basque ast ("rock"). This seems unlikely given the physical setting. Michel Grosclaude[3] suggests that the name of the town derives from an anthroponym composed of Aner + Aster. Brigitte Jobbé-Duval[7] recalls that in 1429, Aast appeared as Hast, which means lance, and therefore advanced the theory that Aast could refer to a battle that occurred there.
The following table details the origins of the commune name.
Name | Spelling | Date | Source | Page | Origin | Description |
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Aast | Hast | 1429 | Raymond | 1 |
Census | Village |
Ast | 1544 | Raymond | 1 |
Reformation | ||
Aast | 1750 | Cassini |
Sources:
- Raymond: Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, 1863, on the page numbers indicated in the table. (in French)[8]
- Cassini: Cassini Map from 1750[9]
Origins:
History
[edit]There was a Lay Abbey in Aast which was abolished in 1791. The Lordship of Aast was owned by the Day family from 1674 until the French Revolution. In 1678, Jérome de Day, adviser to the king, bought the abbey and tithes with rights of patronage: he was to provide a priest and entitled to receive a portion of the tithe, to sit in the choir, to be first to receive the blessed bread, and to be buried in the church.[citation needed]
Heraldry
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Blazon: Argent, two halberds sable saltirewise with an inescutcheon gules with two cows collared and belled in Or passing one over the other debruised in fess point overall.[12][13]
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Administration
[edit]List of Successive Mayors of Aast[14]
From | To | Name |
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1800 | 1802 | Jean Poublan |
1802 | 1806 | Matthieu Tisné |
1806 | 1820 | Jean Bidou |
1820 | 1822 | Michel Naude |
1822 | 1824 | Alexis Lassus |
1824 | 1828 | Michel Naude |
1828 | 1835 | Pierre Capdevielle |
1835 | 1837 | Alexis Lassus |
1837 | 1852 | Pierre Picourlat |
1852 | 1865 | Barthélémy Lassus |
1865 | 1871 | Jean Lassus (fils) |
1871 | 1881 | Jacques Tisné Daban |
1881 | 1889 | Jean Lasserre |
1889 | 1892 | Pierre Tisné Daban |
1892 | 1904 | Jean Lasserre |
1904 | 1919 | Jean Sarthou |
1919 | 1942 | Jacques Louis Lasserre |
- Mayors from 1942
From | To | Name | Party | Position |
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1942 | 1944 | Dominique Picourlat | ||
1944 | 1945 | Célestin Tisné Daban | ||
1945 | 1945 | Jean Sylvain Lascassies | ||
1945 | 1949 | Célestin Tisné Daban | ||
1949 | 1983 | Jean Lassus | ||
1983 | 2008 | Jean-Noël Lacourrège | RPR then UMP | General Councillor |
2008 | 2019 | Romain Morlanne | DVD | |
2020 | 2024 | Jean-François Garnier | ||
2024 | 2026 | Loïc Herve |
Population
[edit]The inhabitants are known as Aastois(es) in French.[15]
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Source: EHESS (1793-1999)[16] and INSEE[17] |
Culture and Heritage
[edit]Civil heritage
[edit]The town has a number of old farmhouses:
- The Fray Farmhouse (17th century)
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- A Farmhouse at Bayet (19th century)
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- Houses and Farms (18th and 19th century)
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Religious Heritage
[edit]The Church of Saint Martin (1854)[21] dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours was built under Napoleon III during the administration of Mayor Bartholomew Lassus. Recently renovated by the artist Villarubias, there are many objects in the church registered as historical objects:
- A Processional Lantern (18th century)
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- A Thurible (17th century)
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- A Pail for holy water (19th century)
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- A Painting: Christ on the cross with the Virgin, Saint Madeleine and Saint Martin (18th century)
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- 2 Paintings: Saint Martin Bishop, and the Charity of St. Martin (19th century)
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- Statue: Saint Joseph (19th century)
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- Altar Pulpit (19th century)
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- A Pulpit (18th century)
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- 2 Altars and Tabernacles (19th century)
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- The Main Altar (19th century)
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- 5 stained glass windows by Henri Gesta (1927)
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- The Furniture in the Church
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymical Dictionary of communes, Béarn, ed. Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006 ISBN 2-35068-005-3, page 201 (in French)
- ^ Google Maps
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Ruisseau de Carbouère (Q0400510)".
- ^ Géoportail Archived 2014-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, IGN, consulted on 14 October 2011 (in French)
- ^ Brigitte Jobbé-Duval, Dictionary of place names - Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 2009, ed. Archives and Culture ISBN 978-2-35077-151-9 (in French)
- ^ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees Archived 2014-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 (in French)
- ^ Cassini Map 1750 – Aast Archived 2014-05-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Manuscript from 1429 in the Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ^ Manuscript from the 16th to 18th centuries - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques (in French)
- ^ Arms of France Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Website for the Commune of Aast Archived 2013-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of Mayors of France Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ^ Pyrénées-Atlantiques, habitants.fr
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Aast, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00027123 Fray Farmhouse (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00027122 Farmhouse at Bayet (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00027121 Houses and Farms (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00027125 Church of Saint Martin (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000012 Processional Lantern (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000011 Thurible (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000010 Pail for holy water (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000009 Painting: Christ on the cross with the Virgin, Saint Madeleine and Saint Martin (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000008 2 Paintings: Saint Martin Bishop, and the Charity of St. Martin (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000007 Statue: Saint Joseph (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000006 Altar Pulpit (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000005 Pulpit (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000004 2 Altars and Tabernacles (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000003 Main Altar (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000002 5 stained glass windows by Henri Gesta (in French)
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000001 Furniture in the Church (in French)
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