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Astis
View of the village
View of the village
Location of Astis
Map
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentPyrénées-Atlantiques
ArrondissementPau
CantonThèze
IntercommunalityLuys en Béarn
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Alain Caïe
Area
1
3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
303
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
64070 /64450
Elevation160–242 m (525–794 ft)
(avg. 234 m or 768 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Astis (Astís in Occitan) is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Aquitaine region of south-western France.

The inhabitants of the commune are known as Astisiens or Astisiennes.[1]

Geography

The D834 at Astis

Astis is located some 20 km north of Pau and some 4 km south of Miossens-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 to Sarron. The D39 road (Route de Morlaas) branches off the D834 in the north of the commune and goes south-east to Anos. The commune has a strip of forest along the length of the commune from north-west to south-east, parallel to the Route de Morlaas with the rest of the commune farmland.[2]

The Luy de France forms the eastern border of the commune as it flows north eventually joining the Luy de Béarn and becoming the Luy river on the eastern border of Castel-Sarrazin commune. The Basta river rises in the south of the commune and flows north-west joining the Luy de France north of the commune.[2]

Places and hamlets[3]

  • Anos[4]
  • Baradat[5]
  • Bernadot
  • La Caserne
  • Château[6]
  • Chinchin
  • Dibet
  • Guichanné
  • Jacoulet
  • Lamazou[7]
  • Nabarrot
  • Pascal
  • Plantié
  • Sarrette
  • Sarthoulet
  • Sébat
  • Tauhuré

Neighbouring communes and villages[2]

Toponymy

The commune name in béarnais is also Astis. Michel Grosclaude proposed a Gascon etymology es (an old definitive article) followed by t(h)in ("Dependence") or tin ("singer").[8]

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. Template:Fr icon[9]
  • Grosclaude: Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, 2006 Template:Fr icon[8]
  • Census: Census of Béarn[10]
  • Cassini Map: Cassini Map from 1750[11]

Administration

Astis Town Hall

List of Successive Mayors[12]

From To Name Party Position
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 2020 Alain Caïe

(Not all data is known)

Inter-communality

Recycling centre at Astis

The commune is part of four inter-communal structures:[13]

  • the Community of communes of Luys en Béarn;
  • the AEP association of the regions of Luy and Gabas;
  • the Energy association of Pyrénées-Atlantiques;
  • the scholastic association Argelos-Astis;

Demography

In 2010 the commune had 303 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known from the population censuses conducted in the commune since 1793. From the 21st century, a census of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1]

Template:Table Population Town

Population of Astis

Culture and heritage

Civil heritage

The commune has a number of buildings and structures that are registered as historical monuments:

  • A Chateau (19th century)[6]
  • The Maison Mouras Farmhouse (1771)[4]
  • A Farmhouse at Lamazou (1646)[7]
  • The Maison Marrieu Farmhouse (17th century)[14]
  • The Maison Lassus Farmhouse (1894)[5]
  • Houses and Farms (17th-19th centuries)[15]
  • A Fortified Complex (Prehistoric)[16]

Religious heritage

The Church of Saint John the Baptist

The Church of Saint John the Baptist (12th century) is registered as a historical monument.[17]

The Church contains many items that are registered as historical objects:

  • A Bronze Bell (1591)[18]
  • Furniture in the Church[19][20]
  • A Bronze Bell in the bell tower (1591)[21]
  • A Ciborium (19th century)[22]
  • 2 Altar Candlesticks (19th century)[23]
  • 2 Altar Candlesticks (19th century)[24]
  • 2 Altar Candlesticks (torch bodies) (19th century)[25]
  • A Painting: Saint John in the desert (18th century)[26]
  • A Worship bench (19th century)[27]
  • Baptismal fonts (19th century)[28]
  • 2 Statues: Saint Peter & Saint John (18th century)[29]
  • Bas-relief: Christ on the cross between Saint Madeleine & Saint John (18th century)[30]
  • A Retable (18th century)[31]
  • Altar seating and Tabernacle (18th century)[32]
  • Main Altar Seating, Tabernacle, and Retable[33]

Facilities

The School

Astis has a primary school which is shared with Argelos as an inter-communal educational grouping.

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by Law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002, the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" allows, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For communes with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these communes is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.

References

  1. ^ Inhabitants of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:Fr icon
  2. ^ a b c Google Maps
  3. ^ Géoportail, IGN Template:Fr icon
  4. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026710 Maison Mourras Template:Fr icon
  5. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026707 Maison Lassus Template:Fr icon
  6. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00027386 Chateau Template:Fr icon
  7. ^ a b Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026709 Farmhouse at Lamazou Template:Fr icon
  8. ^ a b Michel Grosclaude, Toponymic Dictionary of communes, Béarn, Edicions reclams & Édition Cairn - 2006, 416 pages, ISBN 2 35068 005 3 Template:Fr icon
  9. ^ Topographic Dictionary of the Department of Basses-Pyrenees, Paul Raymond, Imprimerie nationale, 1863, Digitised from Lyon Public Library 15 June 2011 Template:Fr icon
  10. ^ Manuscript from the 14th century - Departmental Archives of Pyrénées-Atlantiques Template:Fr icon
  11. ^ Cassini Map 1750 - Asson
  12. ^ List of Mayors of France Template:Fr icon
  13. ^ Intercommunality of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Cellule informatique préfecture 64, consulted on 2 March 2012 Template:Fr icon
  14. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026708 Maison Marrieu Template:Fr icon
  15. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026706 Houses and Farms Template:Fr icon
  16. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026705 Fortified complex Template:Fr icon
  17. ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée IA00026704 Church of Saint John the Baptist Template:Fr icon
  18. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64000058 Bronze bell Template:Fr icon
  19. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001162 Furniture Template:Fr icon
  20. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001148 2 Altar Candlesticks Template:Fr icon
  21. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001161 Bronze Bell in the bell tower Template:Fr icon
  22. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001160 Ciborium Template:Fr icon
  23. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001159 2 Altar Candlesticks Template:Fr icon
  24. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001158 2 Altar Candlesticks Template:Fr icon
  25. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001157 2 Altar Candlesticks (torch bodies) Template:Fr icon
  26. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001156 Painting: Saint John in the desert Template:Fr icon
  27. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001155 Worship bench Template:Fr icon
  28. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001154 Baptismal fonts Template:Fr icon
  29. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001153 2 Statues: Saint Peter & Saint John Template:Fr icon
  30. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001152 Bas-relief: Christ on the cross between Saint Madeleine & Saint John Template:Fr icon
  31. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001151 Retable Template:Fr icon
  32. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001150 Altar seating and tabernacle Template:Fr icon
  33. ^ Ministry of Culture, Palissy PM64001149 Main Altar Seating, Tabernacle, and Retable Template:Fr icon


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